Twitter which is now X, seriously have gone through major changes.

In latest development of X, Elon Musk is planning to charge new X users a small fee to enable posting on the social network and to curb the bot problem.

According to Elon Musk, new users joining X will have to pay a “small” fee for liking, posting, replying and even bookmarking tweets. Notable, account X daily news, which regularly posts update about news related to X was the first to notice that new users will be charged. The account noted that the website’s textual content has been revised to indicate that new users are required to pay a nominal yearly charge to gain access to the social network.

As per X daily news, the policy was previously active in New Zealand and the Philippines. It further reveals that the policy was initially being tested to help reduce spam and improve the experience for users overall. Responding to the tweet, Musk said, “Unfortunately, a small fee for new user writing access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots. Current AI (and troll farms) can pass “are you a bot” with ease.”

“The onslaught of fake accounts also uses up the available namespace, so many good handles are taken as a result,” he added.

Musk sure wants to combat spam bots by making X chargeable but he di not reveal how X plans to go about it and how it will prevent fake accounts and automated bots because those who send spam might just pay the small fee or make many accounts and wait until they can post messages. Normal users might not want to use the social network X because they have to do more to sign up, and also because they can use other social networks without paying anything.

The cost seems to be about $1, since it’s $1.75 in New Zealand money. This rule of paying to use the service is only in place in New Zealand and the Philippines right now.