{"id":1463524,"date":"2022-05-04T10:29:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1463524"},"modified":"2022-05-04T10:29:56","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T14:29:56","slug":"elon-musk-some-twitter-users-might-have-to-pay-to-use-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-some-twitter-users-might-have-to-pay-to-use-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk: Some Twitter Users Might Have To Pay To Use Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-some-twitter-users-might-have-to-pay-to-use-platform%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1463524&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/musk.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Maybe he\u2019s trying to recoup his $44 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk on Tuesday night dropped a hint on what will soon be his social media platform that businesses and government agencies might have to pay to use Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial\/government users,\u201d Musk tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>The billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX added a cryptic tweet about Freemasons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUltimately, the downfall of the Freemasons was giving away their stonecutting services for nothing,\u201d Musk said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial\/government users<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1521630589710872576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 3, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Currently, no social media platform charges for users to use the site.<\/p>\n<p>After Musk\u2019s purchase of the site, some conservatives saw a jump in the number of followers they have on Twitter, even as some liberals bemoan the loss of fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump Jr. led the way in questioning the giant spike, which saw him gain 87,296 new followers by Tuesday \u2014 and another 119,022 by early Wednesday, after weeks of averaging only a few thousand each day,\u201d the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/04\/27\/conservatives-see-spike-in-followers-on-elon-musks-twitter\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile I\u2019m awesome and totally deserving of 87,000 new followers a day it seems that someone took the shackles off my account,\u201d former President Donald Trump\u2019s son wrote. \u201cWonder if they\u2019re burning the evidence before new mgmt comes in?\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1519002011651477511\">asked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Florida\u2019s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis \u2014 a frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024 \u2014 saw his followers jump by more than 200,000 over the past few days, the Post reported. Fox News host Tucker Carlson picked up nearly 150,000 as Rep. Matt Gaetz soared by more than 60,000 followers, prompting him <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1519061147634356226\">to say<\/a>, \u201cIt really is something how conservative accounts are getting massive follower increases today\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Conservative talk show host Dana Loesch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1519060148194525189\">offered<\/a> a theory. \u201cIt\u2019s too soon for Musk to have done this but I\u2019m wondering if something was changed by those seeking to minimize their fingerprint ahead of potential transparency,\u201d she wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNoticing an increase in followers and engagement after losing huge chunks (or static follower count for weeks on end) for the past few years. Also seeing tweets from people I (sic) whose accounts I never see and am not having to refollow other conservatives repeatedly,\u201d Loesch wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Conservatives are well aware of how Twitter limits their accounts. Many believe that the social media giant can \u201cshadow-ban\u201d them, which means their posts don\u2019t even appear on their followers\u2019 newsfeeds. Plus, Twitter can simply purge an account\u2019s followers and censor any content they choose by labeling it \u201chate speech\u201d or \u201charassment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a slew of liberals came out to bemoan lost followers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust lost 2000 followers. Anyone else losing followers?\u201d Neera Tanden, a Biden nominee who withdrew and longtime supporter of Hillary Clinton, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neeratanden\/status\/1518718919242133504\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStar Wars\u201d actor Mark Hamill retweeted Tanden\u2019s tweet, adding: \u201cI just lost more than 8,000 followers in the last couple of hours. Was it something I said?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Weird. I just lost more than 8,000 followers in the last couple of hours. Was it something I said? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TS3vwDephc\">https:\/\/t.co\/TS3vwDephc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarkHamill\/status\/1518724468406767616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m down about the same (proportionately) \u2013 around 1800. Can\u2019t tell if it\u2019s dead bots or people afraid that Elon will find out they were following me,\u201d former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeithOlbermann\/status\/1518726296494292995\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Joseph Curl has covered politics for 35 years, including 12 years as White House correspondent for a national newspaper. He was also the a.m. editor of the Drudge Report for four years. Send tips to josephcurl@dailywire.com and follow him on Twitter @josephcurl.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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