'The walls are closing in' #OdellWasRight
https://gizmodo.com/worlds-richest-man-wants-dollar-from-new-x-users-1850936968
Discussion
Yea I am okay with this, Elon is trying to kill of bots.
If not accepting Bitcoin, then he's giving censorship powers to the payment providers oligopoly.
Let's see what's gonna be the collateral kill here. Likely the freedom of speech.
Surveillance is the goal, and bot elimination is the lie to sell it.
True! (Sincerely)
I’m sure the personally identifiable information he will collect with this policy has no impact on its implementation.
This is a flat out lie by Musk. Paid blue checks are impersonated all the time, so it is not effective. The thing that it is effective for is doxxing its users to X and their spook overlords.
Obviously not about the bots. Something else going on.