Elon Musk may flip the switch to make X — the social network formerly known as Twitter — an entirely subscription-based platform. Musk brought up the idea of charging all users of X/Twi…

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Musk brought up the idea of charging all users of X/Twitter during a wide-ranging conversation focused on AI that featured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. “[We’re] moving to a small monthly payment for use of the X system,” Musk told Netanyahu, claiming that it is the only way to eliminate the problem of bots, as reported by Bloomberg’s Dave Lee.

Musk didn’t mention timing of his plan to charge X/Twitter users, nor did he say how much it would cost.

Musk, who also is CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, has said X/Twitter ad sales have plunged 50% since he bought the company. “We’re still negative cash flow, due to ~50% drop in advertising revenue plus heavy debt load,” Musk posted on July 15.

  • marx2k@beehaw.org
    6·
    1 year ago

    I still have a Twitter account. Checking in to see who is still advertising.

    “Knees over toes guy”… some personal trainer thing?

    Google pixel with comments turned off

    Some ethereum outfit…

    Youtube advertising football stuff with comments turned off

    Amazon music advertising s9me podcast

    ESPN sport center

    Shrug

    • sanols@beehaw.orgEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Yo knees over toes guy slaps, I’m a huge fan and have been since the pandemic.

      I definitely fell victim to the marketing but goddamn if his workouts haven’t helped my knee pain!

      • renard_roux@beehaw.org
        4·
        1 year ago

        How can he slap?! 😫

        In all seriousness, though, what’s the angle? Building musculature to support joints? Or is it some sort of weight lifting reference?

        • Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz
          2·
          1 year ago

          Don’t quote me on this but I believe his thing is what the handle says; knees over toes. It used to be considered to be bad for your joints doing exercises such as deep squats for example, but his belief is that it’s the exact opposite. He used to have really bad knees himself, and couldn’t really play basketball like he wanted to, but by doing these exercises he was able to strenghten his knees to the point they no longer cause issues for him. The main exercise he’s recommending is pulling a sled backwards. He tells about Finnish lumberjacks who used to drag logs backwards like this and how they had super strong knees.