Billionaire entrepreneur, Elon Musk, on Wednesday, said Twitter commercial and government users may have to pay to use the micro-blogging platform.

Twitter on Monday, April 25, confirmed the selling of the platform to Musk in a deal valued at $44 billion.

The sale was a dramatic shift for the board, which had originally maneuvered to block Musk from taking the social media network private.

“Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated,” Musk said in a joint statement announcing the takeover.

But confirming fears by the majority that his takeover might lead to commercialisation of the social media platform, Musk in a tweet in the early hours of Wednesday, said commercial and government users will pay for the platform.

He, however, said the micro-blogging site would “always” remain free for casual users.

Justifying his move to commercialise the platform for commercial and government users in a series of tweets, the billionaire entrepreneur said free services led to the downfall of great businesses.

He wrote, “Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users.

The entrepreneur in a reply to a tweet added, “Some revenue is better than none!”

In an earlier tweet, Musk said, “Ultimately, the downfall of the Freemasons was giving away their stonecutting services for nothing.”

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Good one

When it gets to a point individuals will start paying to use Twitter, then I will move.

Commercialize everything and see the way Africans will drop the shit of as if it's leprosy.


I'm pretty sure that this billionaire failed his entrepreneurship
courses

The capitalist Elon Musk is coming out "small small"

Buhari, Lai Muhammed, Malami et all will pay.

Time will tell

Hmm

Musk The Raska

I saw this tweet this morning. I think he should take Daniel Regha's advice, even tho Daniel head dey overheat sometimes

Girls who bleach their skin are the one who has the right to say “i will show you my true color”

Great

…and it begins

Commendable. Musk is a rare entrepreneur.

It makes sense. If anyone doesn't like it, go and develop your own app and get people all over the world to start using it for free. Na you go still tire.

Twitter pays lots of workers to keep improving its services and keep the network secure.

Nigerian government officials will be first to pay, no doubt.

Wow...this man has sense.

Now people like Buhari that are not adding value to any person, thing or business will not reap where they haven't sown.

Na sooi, busines man.
For now we will say "we are not government people e no concern us"

We are not commercial people, e no concern us.

Untill one day, musk wake up say, the you too you gats dey pay small gas fee lioe for crypto...

Lets enjoy it while it lasts,because sooner or later, the commercia busineses will be doin their "follow us and like us to vote for so and so" on another platform, and little by litle, people go start dey move

Even Federal Government of Nigeria will pay

Good one...only free for the free voices of the people.. Buhari government don enter

They thought they could bully Twitter but now if you want to address the people with lies the way lie Mohamed does he gats to pay

Good one

I'm not surprised. Musk is a business man

This is interesting

Say wetin happen

This will pave way for competitors to come in.

At least the £44 billion have to be refunded.

Well, it appears Jack and Elon have different ideologies on the usage of Twitter.

My concern is, after commercials and government pay for usage, would there still be restrictions on what can be posted on twitter

So instead of paying tax, guy man wan tax Nigeria govt.

Bubu in the mud

But zombies said Twitter lost revenue during the ban through loss of income from govt and commercial users.

Aye gbogbo awon zombie yii o ni da