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When Kim Petras sang that “she’s so problématique” on one of her latest songs, X — the social media platform formerly known as Twitter — took it literally. In a post to her Instagram Stories on Wednesday (Sept. 20), the pop singer revealed that she had been locked out of her X account for sharing […]
Willy William is now a two-time member of YouTube’s Billion Views Club. The French singer’s music video for his 2015 track, “‘Ego,” has officially hit 1 billion views, the video streaming platform confirmed Wednesday (Sept. 20). The sparse visual for the track — which only features the colors black, white and gray — sees William […]
*NSYNC are keeping things spicy as their buzzy reunion marches on, teasing their upcoming appearance Thursday on the YouTube series Hot Ones. In a new clip, Chris Kirkpatrick, JC Chasez, Justin Timberlake, Lance Bass and Joey Fatone show the aftermath of eating unbearably hot chicken wings, resulting in them taking various antacids to keep the […]
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Elon Musk is not done making X (formerly known as Twitter) one of the worst social media experiences ever.
“I can’t believe this app is free” is starting to look like a phrase that has run its course on X.
Spotted on Variety, the Tesla Chief and current owner of X, Elon Musk, claims he wants to charge X/Twitter users a fee to use the platform.
His excuse is that it’s the only way to combat the bots plaguing the platform.
Per Variety:
Musk brought up the idea of charging all users of X/Twitter during a wide-ranging conversation focused on AI that featured Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. “We’re moving to having a small monthly payment for use of the X system,” Musk told Netanyahu, claiming that “it’s the only way I can think of to combat vast armies of bots.” His comments were initially reported by Bloomberg’s Dave Lee.
As for the price, Musk did not share an exact dollar amount, noting that “a few dollars or something” would stop the creation of bot accounts. Musk also claims X has 550 million monthly active users, and they are sharing between 100-200 million posts daily on the social network, the website also reports.
X Is Still Bleeding Cash
According to Platformer, charging users to use X is not new, and he has been toying with it for some time. Before he begrudgingly bought it, Twitter was not a profitable business, and since his check cleared, ad sales, something the platform depended on tremendously, have plunged 50%.
We guess those Cheech and Chong gummy ads won’t be enough to keep X alive.
As you can imagine, X users are not feeling the news and are once again looking for another app where they take dating debates, sports hot takes, and any other forms of entertainment they came to X/Twitter exclusively for.
You can see those reactions in the gallery below.
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Kelsea Ballerini celebrated Chase Stokes’ 31st birthday this past weekend on Saturday with a special tribute post shared to her Instagram — which included a screenshot of exactly how she slid into his DMs before they started dating. The DMs show Ballerini sending the Outer Banks star an introductory message at 1:07 a.m. that read […]
Zach Bryan‘s new self-titled album recently notched two weeks atop the Billboard 200 all-genre albums chart, but he’s already offering up new music — namely, collaborations with two-time Grammy winner Bon Iver and “Hurt Somebody”/”Dial Drunk” hitmaker Noah Kahan.
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Bryan posted a trio of new songs on Instagram Sunday (Sept. 18), along with a note stating, “Locked myself in a studio all week, wrote myself through a notebook, walked around with people I love in the city then went campin, felt restful and hopeful, thankful for breathing no matter the day, just grateful,” Bryan said, offering thanks to Noah Kahan and Bon Iver. “Them boys of faith,” Bryan added.
Over on X, Bryan tagged Bon Iver in a snippet of a song featuring the lyric “Them Boys of Faith,” saying, “come back soon [Bon Iver]. you have a friend for life.” Bryan tagged Kahan in another song, with a similar statement.
This isn’t the first time Bryan and Kahan have collaborated; Kahan showed up at Bryan’s set at Iowa’s Hinterland Festival last month to join Bryan in performing the final song of the set, “Revival.”
Bryan has been on a collaborations hot streak lately, recently topping the Billboard Hot 100 with another collaboration, “I Remember Everything,” featuring Kacey Musgraves; the song marked the first Billboard Hot 100 hit for both artists. His self-titled album also includes collaborations with The War and Treaty (“Hey Driver”), The Lumineers (“Spotless”) and Sierra Ferrell (“Holy Roller”). Bryan also previously released the Maggie Rogers duet, “Dawns,” which reached No. 11 on the Hot Country Songs chart.
Next year, Bryan’s headlining Quittin’ Time Tour, which launches in March in Chicago, will feature artists including Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Turnpike Troubadours and Sheryl Crow.
Listen to the snippet of Bryan’s new tracks below.
Are wedding bells in the air for Adele? During Weekend 27 of her Weekends with Adele residency, the Grammy-winning “Easy On Me” singer turned down a fan’s marriage proposal and referred to boyfriend Rich Paul as her “husband” — and she did it all in less than 15 seconds. In a one-on-one moment in the […]
After an urgent pregnancy complication, Kourtney Kardashian is craving more time with her husband, Travis Barker. In a Wednesday post on her Instagram Story, the Kardashians star shared a video of Barker drumming during a Blink-182 concert and wrote, “I miss my husband.” The feeling is mutual: On his own Instagram Story, Barker re-shared the […]
Selena Gomez does not appear to be fan of Chris Brown, and she isn’t apologizing for it. The “Calm Down” singer attended the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday night and later made the rounds on social media for making a sour face as the nominees for best R&B were announced. In the category, […]
Ed Sheeran can officially add “professional wedding crasher” to his résumé. In a video posted to Sheeran’s Instagram, he plays a yet-to-be-released track for a couple getting ready to exchange vows at a Las Vegas wedding chapel. The clip kicks off with the couple — revealed to be Jordan and Carter Lindenfield, according to Fox 5 […]