Making users pay is only way to stop bots taking over platform
It looks like new users to X will have to pay a small fee if they want to post and interact with posts from other users.
Meta has been experimenting with a lot of new features for Threads, its microblogging platform. Now Instagram boss Adam Mosseri revealed on Wednesday that the platform has started testing an option that will let users automatically hide old posts from Threads after a certain period of time. more
X owner Elon Musk announced Monday that new users would soon need to pay a small fee to post on the site.
Elon Musk said X will soon start charging new users who want to post on the platform to combat the bot and spam account problem. about X changes, here.
The fee, likely $1, is aimed at stopping “relentless” bots, Musk said.
X owner Elon Musk confirmed the introduction of a charge in a reply to an account commenting on the subject.Read Entire Article
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Threads users may soon have a new way to clean up their timelines. The app is testing a new archive feature that can be used to manually archive individual posts or automatically hide posts after a set period of time, Adam Mosseri shared. As on Instagram, archiving a post on Threads will hide it from public view, though the post will be available to the original author to view or undo. The Instagram head said the feature will be available to a “small number of people” to start. Though optional,...
Automaker Hyundai paused advertisements on the social media platform X after a sponsored post from the company was featured next to antisemitic and pro-Nazi posts, the company confirmed to The Hill. “We have paused our ads on X and are speaking to X directly about brand safety to ensure this issue is addressed,” Hyundai said
Been taking some rides on the nostalgia train recently with X-Men '97? Xbox wants you to keep that locomotive chugging, as it's giving away a Series X themed around the show. While the MCU is yet to fully reintroduce the X-Men into its live action universe (or I guess multiverse these days), Disney has still brought a continuation of the original '90s X-Men series to its streaming service, X-Men '97. The revival more or less picks things up where the original series left off, continuing on...
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