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X to charge new users annually in the Philippines and New Zealand

Cristina Joy Valerio Senior Writer October 18, 2023 · 1 min read

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Hope you already have an X account (or Twitter account) because the platform is going to charge new users per year for their account. This charge will only happen in New Zealand and the Philippines so far.

This new subscription is called “Not a Bot” which will make new users who sign up in the Philippines and New Zealand pay USD 1 or PHP 56.70 annually. This will give new users the benefit to post, like, reply, repost, quote and bookmark tweets on X.

https://twitter.com/Support/status/1714429406192582896

The reason behind this subscription, according to Musk, is to combat bots and spammers on X. Musk has also stated that tests behind this solution have been successful.

Existing users will not be affected by this subscription.

What do you think of X’s new user subscription? Let us know in the comments!

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Cristina Joy Valerio

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Cristina Joy D. Valerio, more commonly known as CJ to most, is a Multimedia Producer at Yugatech. She has an interest in the evolving world that is technology. Apart from that, she organizes D&D sessions, plays video games, and watches anime to kill time. CJ's alma mater is iACADEMY and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology specializing in Web Development.

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