{"id":24117,"date":"2023-10-20T04:29:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T04:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.searchenginejournal.com\/x-formerly-twitter-not-a-bot-program\/498686\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T04:29:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T04:29:03","slug":"x-is-testing-a-1-paid-subscription-to-reduce-spam-via-sejournal-martinibuster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/?p=24117","title":{"rendered":"X Is Testing a $1 Paid Subscription To Reduce Spam via @sejournal, @martinibuster"},"content":{"rendered":"
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X (Formerly Twitter) announced that are testing a new program (called Not A Bot) for blocking bots and spammers that requires new users to pay a subscription of $1\/year in order to post or interact with content.<\/p>\n

Those who refuse to subscribe will have read-only access.<\/p>\n

The new charge is said to be a way to reduce spam and bot activity.<\/p>\n

A tweet announcing the change insists the fee is not meant to be a \u201cprofit driver.\u201d<\/p>\n

New users in two countries, the Philippines and New Zealand, were chosen to be subjects of the Not A Bot test.<\/p>\n

What Is Not A Bot?<\/h2>\n

Not A Bot is a Beta Program, a test of a subscription plan for new users.<\/p>\n

A Help Center page states that new X users in the two test countries are required to verify their phone number.<\/p>\n

Successful verification then leads to the next step which is paying one dollar to interact with others on X.<\/p>\n

The intent of the Not A Bot program is to weed out bots and reduce spam, a way to protect platform integrity in a manner that scales.<\/p>\n

Not A Bot is described as a beta program. Beta status generally means something that is availble for public testing.<\/p>\n

In general, if the tests are successful the beta program becomes a main feature but no mention of this possibility was made in the announcement.<\/p>\n

According to a new Terms and Conditions page:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Not-a-Bot Program is a beta program that X is testing for platform integrity improvements.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What Do Not A Bot Subscribers Get?<\/h2>\n

New subscribers will have to pay for features that are normally free:<\/strong><\/p>\n