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Re:Twitter adopts poison pill in bid to thwart Elon Musk tak... by kyleplum on Friday April 15, 2022 @03:36PM (#31044786)
He did mention changing the monetization scheme used by twitter from being ad-based to being subscription based. I've heard this idea floated around for awhile and my favourite version is something along the lines of requiring a monthly payment once you reach a specific size of followers/audience. The idea being that today, twitter is being used by corporations/individuals as essentially free marketing.

Although not guaranteed to solve the issue of "free speech", I would be interested to see the results of a social media service that is not designed to maximize engagement to drive the most ad dollars.

Re:Twitter adopts poison pill in bid to thwart Elon Musk tak... by mountainriver on Friday April 15, 2022 @06:56PM (#31046955)
yup me too, my biggest complaint with twitter is all the ads, oh and jerks