X will start charging new users to post, says Elon Musk

Elon Musk, the owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, has confirmed plans to charge new users to post on the platform.

Replying to a post about the X policy on new accounts on Monday, he said it is the only solution to curb the issue of bots on the platform.

According to Musk, the proliferation of fake accounts occupies the available space for usernames, leading to the unavailability of many good handles.

“Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots,” Musk said.

“Current AI (and troll farms) can pass “are you a bot” with ease.

“The onslaught of fake accounts also uses up the available namespace, so many good handles are taken as a result.”

Replying to another X account on the new policy, Musk said new users will be able to post for free after three months.