Elon Musk plans to charge new X users to enable posting

It’s so amazing to watch over and over again how he has no idea what Twitter was, why people liked it, how they used it, or how to keep it going.

> what about paying a small fee OR having someone run a cryptocurrency proof of work check?

Musk: That is much harder than paying a small fee.

Cock.li, a hobbyist-run email/VPS provider, has implemented that exact thing for the ability to send emails (receiving is free). Took about 7 minutes on my laptop. My laptop sat there, did all the work, I paid nothing and became verified. I could even pause it and come back later.

It's clear this is about squeezing money out of every last user even if if means killing the platform.

I would so never do that. Cryptominers are basically malware in my book.

Anyway it's not the only way to stop the onslaught of bots. Not firing all your moderators goes a long way as well.

It was all browser based and not a miner for a usable coin, just a proof of work mechanism.

I'm really enjoying watching the creative ways this stable genius is finding to run twitter into the ground.