Emeritus Prof Christopher MayNot only are the-site-formally-known-as-Twitter's days as a social utility numbered, now it seems not only will it have a premium service, there will be a small ($1) charge for all new users... not sure that's gong to raise much money for Musk, though!
Pooh Sticks@ChrisMayLA6 It's probably a deterrent against bots (makes sense from that perspective) and possibly to make it easier to lure users onto paid services but whether users will be comfortable to entrust Musk with their payment details remains to be seen...
BeeCycling has moved@ChrisMayLA6 The smallness of the fee is a red flag in itself. It's evidence you're probably a real person and therefore your data is worth collecting. They're getting much more than $1 from that data.