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
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.
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.
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.
By the way, activists have been warning for years about Big Social *owning* your content and charging for it.
Most of us didn't listen because we traded the rights over our work for convenience.
Chris Trottier
TQuid