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'Twitter Will Be Free For Casual Users, But...': Elon Musk On Whether He Will Be Charging For Tweets

His tweet was followed by another one giving a rationale behind the thought, saying, “Ultimately, the downfall of the Freemasons was giving away their stonecutting services for nothing.”

New Delhi: After the hostile takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk, the future of the employees, as well as the microblogging platform itself, linger in uncertainty. On Tuesday, Musk dropped a hint on Twitter that a slight fee maybe charged for government and commercial usage. It means, that if the decision is made in the future, then Twitter may not remain a free platform. 

Writing on Twitter, Musk said, “Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users.”

His tweet was followed by another one giving a rationale behind the thought, saying, “Ultimately, the downfall of the Freemasons was giving away their stonecutting services for nothing.”

Although, no decision has been made yet and it may turn out to be Musk’s other way of taking a poll on the idea. However, it is evident that Twitter is up for multiple changes once the deal is closed and Musk becomes the new head.

Earlier this week, it was also reported by news agency Reuters that Musk was looking for a new CEO for the company to replace Parag Agrawal who joined in November last year. 

Meanwhile, at the Met Gala event, Musk said that he aims to make it better. “Right now it's sort of niche. I want a much bigger percentage of the country to be on it, engaging in dialogue,” he said. 

The Tesla owner has been suggesting changes in the platform with respect to features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeat spam bots, and authenticate all humans. 

Earlier this week at the annual Met Gala in New York on Monday, Musk also said he would make Twitter transparent about how tweets are promoted or demoted and wanted its software to be publicly available for critique, Musk had said, news agency Reuters reported. 

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