{"id":85863,"date":"2023-10-18T10:08:33","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T07:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=85863"},"modified":"2025-09-13T01:57:34","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T22:57:34","slug":"x-begins-testing-paid-user-registration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/x-begins-testing-paid-user-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"X begins testing paid user registration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The social network X has begun testing paid account creation for $1 for residents of New Zealand and the Philippines.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">NEWS: X will require new users in New Zealand and the Philippines to pay $1 to create accounts! <a href=\\\"https:\/\/t.co\/lufk2qpO7n\\\">pic.twitter.com\/lufk2qpO7n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 X News Daily (@xDaily) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/xDaily\/status\/1714431431152193567?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">October 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to the owner of the social network, Elon Musk, the move is intended to fight bots. Users will still be able to create read-only accounts for free.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">Correct, read for free, but $1\/year to write. It\u2019s the only way to fight bots without blocking real users.<\/p>\n<p>This won\u2019t stop bots completely, but it will be 1000X harder to manipulate the platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1714437136575807979?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">October 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\" >\n<p>\u201cYes, reading is free, but writing is $1 per year. This is the only way to fight bots without blocking real users. It won&#8217;t stop fakes completely, but manipulating the platform will be 1,000 times harder,\u201d the billionaire clarified.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The new signup process is largely the same as before. After entering your details and confirming your phone, you must choose a subscription plan.<\/p>\n<p>The initiative has drawn criticism on social media. Some users say paid posts on X hinder audience growth.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\" data-conversation=\\\"none\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">I am a verified user and against bots.<\/p>\n<p>But isn\u2019t this a friction for the process for people to join? As someone from a developing country, many won\u2019t have a bank account, and if you\u2019re young and let\u2019s say 15 and want to micro blog and comment on this, this is a barrier <\/p>\n<p>How to\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 High IQ Posts (@HighIQPosts) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HighIQPosts\/status\/1714438019065762082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">October 18, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\\\" >\n<p>\u201cI am a verified user and against bots. But isn\u2019t this a barrier to joining for people? As someone from a developing country, I would say many don\u2019t have a bank account. If you\u2019re young, say 15, and want to microblog and comment, this is a problem. How can X be for everyone?\u201d, a user asked.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In late September, Musk already <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/elon-musk-proposes-making-x-paid-for-all-users\">proposed to charge<\/a> a \u201csmall fee\u201d for using X in talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to the head of the social network, the platform has 550 million monthly users, who generate 100 to 200 million posts daily.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Musk&#8217;s previous initiative to rid X of bots through a paid $8-per-month subscription <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/twitterdown-what-happened-to-elon-musks-social-network\">did not yield significant results<\/a>. A dappGambl study showed that about 10% of followers of popular cryptocurrency-themed accounts remain fake.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The social network X has begun testing paid account creation for $1 for residents of New Zealand and the Philippines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":85864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1442,1217,40],"class_list":["post-85863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-bot","tag-elon-musk","tag-twitter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"16","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85865,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85863\/revisions\/85865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}