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Will you pay for Twitter (X)...

37 replies

Zonder · 19/09/2023 07:19

If it does become a pay to use service, as is being suggested on the news today?

I think this would be the final nail in the coffin and the only thing that might save it is the lack of one obvious alternative.

So do you use it now and would you continue id you have to pay?

For me:
Yes
No

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CapEBarra · 19/09/2023 07:23

Not a chance. Threads is already hot on its heels. Twitter is already a mess - it feels like the Wild West these days and it has a stupid and pointless renaming. It’s like an old carcass being dragged around - same old arguments, same old keyboard warriors…

Pushkinini · 19/09/2023 07:24

Yes
No, I definitely won't pay. I'll probably use Threads more instead.

MrsTerryPratchett · 19/09/2023 07:24

Zonder · 19/09/2023 07:19

If it does become a pay to use service, as is being suggested on the news today?

I think this would be the final nail in the coffin and the only thing that might save it is the lack of one obvious alternative.

So do you use it now and would you continue id you have to pay?

For me:
Yes
No

I only really use it for real time news if there is a very recent event )local typically).

And no, not even a penny.

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Zonder · 19/09/2023 07:24

Interesting. I have tried a couple of the alternatives but not threads. It would be easier if there was just one similar option.

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IncompleteSenten · 19/09/2023 07:25

God no. Not worth a penny.

GoodOldEmmaNess · 19/09/2023 07:29

No. I left just before the name change.

The name change seemed like the final nail in the coffin, since it undermined any sense of connection with a platform that was once fun, witty, relaxed, enjoyable.

PAYG would be a post-final nail in the coffin, hopefully ensuring that the joy-sucking vampire that is X in its current form will finally be kept away from us.

SnapdragonToadflax · 19/09/2023 07:29

Of course not. It's becoming almost unusable anyway, my feed is full of rubbish I don't want to see. I'll go to whichever alternative becomes most popular as I mainly just read (and then only really interested in current news and politics) rather than comment.

I do think we should all just keep calling it Twitter though.

WorseDecision · 19/09/2023 07:40

God no, never used Twitter beforehand let alone pay for it. It's rubbish.

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Zonder · 19/09/2023 07:46

Twitter used to be useful for getting news that wasn't necessarily on the headlines. Now I agree with @SnapdragonToadflax my news feed is unrecognizable from before and doesn't give me the news snapshots I used to get.

So does it seem Threads will do the job Twitter used to do?

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SomeoneKeepsMovingMyChair · 19/09/2023 08:00

No. I'm sad because I really liked Twitter before Musk killed it.

I've not tried Threads but I don't want something linked to my Insta account (I was largely anonymous on Twitter, my Insta has my name and is set to private)

sorrynotathome · 19/09/2023 08:01

God no! In fact I wish he would hurry up and charge, so I don’t have to look at it every morning and start tutting.

Buffypaws · 19/09/2023 08:04

Maybe in my professional account depending on whether there’s still any point. Definitely not paying for my own account.

lljkk · 19/09/2023 08:11

I have said for ages that the Internet needs a micropayment system. Basically, you would deposit a small amount (say £5) and then draw small payments out. You could still read Twitter for free, follow or DM for free, like posts for free, while charges for retweets or comments on tweets would be done after paying a small subscription fee up front /or/ from a balance, say 5p per retweet.

Original tweets could cost say 20p each.

This charging would do so much to get rid of haters, crazies, fake accounts, nonsense, misinformation, malice. And that would be the reason people paid to tweet/retweet, knowing that they were using a platform that was very affordable but didn't facilitate false info spread & toxicity.

So am in favour if the micropayment system were set up. Prices would be very affordable for businesses and most individuals who want to tweet, still free for followers, while strongly undermining the business model for fake news generators & keyboard warriors. It feels like a no-brainer to me.

Also need a micropayments system for reading news articles behind paywalls. I don't want to subscribe to (say) The Telegraph, but I might be willing to pay 20-50p to read the odd specific article, out of a multi-news or credit balance system. Seems like another no-brainer to me.

Twitter was long my favourite site, btw, I would happily have the model that I just described, if it meant having my Twitter feed back how it used to be.

DinnaeFashYersel · 19/09/2023 08:12

I left twitter soon after musk took over.

I've hated it for a long time but there was an exception to use it for work. Musk was an excellent ethics excuse to leave.

A toxic cesspit that far outweighs any good it used to do.

TiredArse · 19/09/2023 08:13

No. It’s already shittier than it was.

User17439824 · 19/09/2023 08:14

No, definitely not, most of it is just randoms ranting, I wouldn't pay for MN either

User17439824 · 19/09/2023 08:18

I mainly only use it as it's a way to contact companies like BG and check local things if there were power cuts and stuff like that and if it was pay for, I doubt companies like BG could say contact us on X as there would be an outcry.

larf · 19/09/2023 08:23

I like using it mainly to view company tweets plus a few big accounts. I could use another platform just as well (I don't use insta now and much of the same stuff is repeated there). So I wouldn't pay. I do quite like the format tbh, but not enough to pay.

wheresmymojo · 19/09/2023 08:49

What is it about Musk that people dislike?

This isn't a goady post, I just feel like I'm clearly missing something (aside from the recent Russell Brand tweet)...

lljkk · 19/09/2023 08:54

Musk has idiotic ideas and is possibly quite narcisstic. Also, if you enjoyed Twitter a lot before, he's screwed it up.

WalkingThroughTreacle · 19/09/2023 09:00

No.I tried it for a spell 2 or 3 years back, decided it was a toxic cesspit dominated by self-obsessed twats and so I left never to return. I also despise Musk with a passion. So if I wouldn't use it for free I certainly wouldn't pay for it. It's not social media, it's antisocial media.

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Zonder · 19/09/2023 22:15

SomeoneKeepsMovingMyChair · 19/09/2023 08:00

No. I'm sad because I really liked Twitter before Musk killed it.

I've not tried Threads but I don't want something linked to my Insta account (I was largely anonymous on Twitter, my Insta has my name and is set to private)

I liked it before too. It had haters but it was a good way to find news about all sorts of things. I didn't know threads was linked to your Instagram. This puts me off.

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Zonder · 19/09/2023 22:46

wheresmymojo · 19/09/2023 08:49

What is it about Musk that people dislike?

This isn't a goady post, I just feel like I'm clearly missing something (aside from the recent Russell Brand tweet)...

Apart from anything else he has really dumb ideas on how to make a business work. He's wrecked Twitter in a short space of time.

He does also come over as a bit of a narc.

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Qilin · 20/09/2023 07:28

I only really skim it now so no, I won't pay.

I run the school account and that will go also. It only used as an extra source of information provision for parents/careers and gives a community link, so we will just stick to Facebook, and maybe consider an alternative if anything.

Qilin · 20/09/2023 07:32

wheresmymojo · 19/09/2023 08:49

What is it about Musk that people dislike?

This isn't a goady post, I just feel like I'm clearly missing something (aside from the recent Russell Brand tweet)...

I didn't think he's a particularly nice bloke. He's definitely said some questionable stuff over the years. He's a clever bloke but seems to know it and comes across as trying to be overly superior to everyone else. Guess the ultimate mandplainer almost in some ways.
It's annoying as he could be doing good - instead he seems to want to spoil things he owns and runs.

And X is now miles away from what Twitter was, and not in any positive way. So no, I won't pay for something that is worse than it was when free.

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