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meiko60 ( meiko60@lemmy.sdf.org )  to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago

X is testing new paid membership tiers to compensate for poor ad revenue

www.theverge.com

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X is testing new paid membership tiers to compensate for poor ad revenue

www.theverge.com

meiko60 ( meiko60@lemmy.sdf.org )  to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 years ago
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Three different plans will offer various levels of ad exposure.
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  • katy ✨ ( cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 
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    this is basically the equivalent of “we’ve tried nothing and we’re all out of ideas”

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      More like they’d rather have a platform of paying neo-nazi users than paying advertisers.

  • jmp242 ( jmp242@sopuli.xyz ) 
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    I can’t see why you’d pay for a service that still had ads? It’s why I’ve never gotten cable - if I’m paying, I don’t want ads.

    • DogMuffins ( DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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      The whole “pay to avoid ads” model is so weird though.

      • trailing9 ( trailing9@lemmy.ml ) 
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        You look at it backwards. It’s ‘watch ads to avoid paying’.

        Paying is the default way to buy something.

        • DogMuffins ( DogMuffins@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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          Well, it’s the default way of paying for physical objects and professional services.

          It hasn’t really been the default way of paying for online services.

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            That’s the problem if you want professional online services. Being the product should be the weird option.

      • jmp242 ( jmp242@sopuli.xyz ) 
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        I mean, not so much to me. You need to pay for something somehow, either via ads or money.

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    • Zeragamba ( Zeragamba@lemmy.ca ) 
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      Twitter is already dead. It’s X now

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  • drlecompte ( drlecompte@discuss.tchncs.de ) 
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    So it’ll end up being a platform of trolls and bigots just screaming into the void and paying for the privilege. What a fabulous idea.

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    I really really hope they eliminate the free tier. That might finally force people to move to other platforms.

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    As tired as I am of hearing about Twitter and Musk, stories of his costly failures always entertain!

  • 👁️👄👁️ ( mojo@lemm.ee ) 
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    Twitter Blue was a failure, and they want to double down on it? Hopefully there’s a mark on their profile so they get bullied again.

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    For someone so clever he do make dumb decisions. I don’t have twitter anymore and people like me who left are the reason ad aren’t working.

    “Ahhh, I know. Memberships, Elon you are a god”.

    Only people like caturd are the type to buy stuff that gives them a fake sense of popularity.

    • Conyak ( Conyak@lemmy.tf ) 
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      Once you realize he never was clever, just wealthy, it starts to make more sense.

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        I will admit I was clueless to it until it was reported more and more. Its important that people understand that he is a very very rich charlatan.

        • Hiccup ( Hiccup@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 
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          Snake oil salesman with money for marketing

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    Musk wants to create a super app like WeChat. He needs credit cards first. He is turning Twitter into his old X.

    It’s the Apple app ecosystem without people willing to hand over credit card information for iTunes music. Apple won the mobile phone market because they had customers willing to pay for apps.

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    I prefer the web version with adblocker for zero ads experience that costs $0

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    They will just keep bleeding their loyal base of users dry until there is nothing left for them to give.

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    This IS the same guy that kept raising the price of FSD despite not delivering on promises.

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    why do we insist on giving this guy so much free advertising? move on already lol

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    Delete your xitter account if you haven’t already.

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