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X, formerly Twitter, announced today that is starting a new experiment to charge a $1 per year fee for “new unverified” users to interact with posts.

The company said this test is currently live in New Zealand and the Philippines and existing users won’t be affected.

The company’s support account clarified that this “Not A bot” program is not a profit driver — but it’s hard to take reason at face value.

“This new test was developed to bolster our already successful efforts to reduce spam, manipulation of our platform, and bot activity while balancing platform accessibility with the small fee amount.

On its support page, the company said it will share the results about how the program’s effectiveness to battle spam.

The move comes after Musk said that X is planning to charge users “a small monthly payment” to use its service.

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