{"id":61907,"date":"2023-10-18T07:08:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T11:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/?p=61907"},"modified":"2023-10-18T07:08:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T11:08:43","slug":"x-launches-1-subscription-fee-for-new-users-in-nz-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/x-launches-1-subscription-fee-for-new-users-in-nz-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"X Launches $1 Subscription Fee for New Users in NZ, PH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter,<\/a> has launched a subscription model for new users in New Zealand and the Philippines. The move is part of the company\u2019s efforts to combat bots and spam on the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"X<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

X announced on October 17, 2023, that new users in these two countries will have to pay an annual fee of $1 \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/g>\r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n <\/clipPath>\r\n <\/defs><\/svg><\/span><\/a>to access certain features on the platform. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These features include posting content, liking, replying, reposting, quoting posts from other accounts, and bookmarking. Additionally, new users in these regions must undergo phone number verification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company stated that this program is designed to safeguard the platform against bots and spammers, who often seek to manipulate the platform, thus disrupting the experience of genuine X users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the subscription fee is optional. Users who opt not to pay will have limited functionality, restricted to \u201cread-only\u201d<\/em> actions such as reading posts, watching videos, and following accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

X has ramped up efforts to battle issues of bots and spam since Elon Musk<\/a> acquired the microblogging platform last year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under Musk, the social media company introduced a paid blue badge verification program designed to reduce the proliferation of these accounts on the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, that has yet to be successful as the social media site continues to battle the menace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How X users are reacting to the subscription fee<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The new development has generated mixed reactions from crypto community members who argued that this might not solve the platform\u2019s spam issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On-chain analyst okHOTSHOT said: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

\u201cX is so bend [sic] on thinking revenue streams will help fight bots. If only they\u2019d look to the obvious solution: follower filters similar to the current notification filter.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

CryptoQuant co-founder Ki Young Ju noted that the $1 paywall was insufficient to deter spammers who can generate significantly higher profits from their scams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n

In crypto industry, $1 paywall is not sufficient, as shitcoin spammers can generate significantly higher profits from their scams.<\/p>— Ki Young Ju (@ki_young_ju) October 18, 2023<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a><\/blockquote>

Meanwhile, renowned on-chain sleuth ZachXBT pointed out<\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/a> that most bot accounts on the platform already pay for the blue checkmark. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Further, CryptoSlate has also observed scam accounts holding gold checkmarks costing thousands of dollars per month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has launched a subscription model for new users in New Zealand and the Philippines. The move is part of the company\u2019s efforts to combat bots and spam on the platform. X announced on October 17, 2023, that new users in these two countries will have to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":61909,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[4855,12081,482,16795],"class_list":["post-61907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-new-zealand","tag-philippines-2","tag-twitter","tag-x-subscription-fee"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Elon-Musk-X.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coinscreed.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}