Chris TrottierNov 8, 2022

Elon Musk may put the entirety of Twitter behind a paywall.

Elon Musk has blabbed on and on about free speech, but if he does this, it's certainly not "free as in beer" speech. https://gizmodo.com/elon-musk-twitter-paywall-genius-idiot-nazis-tom-fitton-1849756014

Elon Musk Considers Putting All of Twitter Behind Paywall in Latest Genius Idea

The idea comes in the wake of Musk's other brilliant idea: Fire half the staff.

Gizmodo
Show threadChris TrottierNov 8, 2022

If you're still a Twitter user, a paywall should offend you since Elon Musk is attempting to monetize content *you* have made—and not compensate you for it.

At least the New York Times' makes ethical sense. They pay their writers.

Show threadChris TrottierNov 8, 2022

Personally, I spend $50/month to use the Fediverse.

I'm not against monetization of social media services.

But there's something profoundly icky about a Twitter paywall.

Show threadChris TrottierNov 8, 2022

I have no doubt that putting the entirety of Twitter behind a paywall will grow the Fediverse.

But I don't celebrate this. People's entire professional livelihoods depend on Twitter being public.

Show threadAsh
@atomicpoet Yeah, I may not use twitter myself for anything other than retweeting memes and such, but I do follow a lot of artists and other people who make a lot of their money through twitter in various ways. A lot of them have been verbalizing a lot of worry about this and I feel for them.
Nov 8, 2022 at 5:29pmWeb