MADRID, 18 Oct. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The social network of some of the main functions of the platform, such as publishing messages, in order to combat the proliferation of ‘bots’ and ‘spam’.
As announced by the company, this testing program, called ‘Not a Bot’, launched in two countries on October 17 and will not affect existing users, seeks to reinforce the social network’s efforts to reduce spam. manipulation on the platform and the activity of ‘bots’.
Thus, new accounts created in exchange rate) to be able to perform certain actions on the web version of the platform such as publishing content, ‘liking’ posts, replying, republishing and/or quoting posts from other accounts, as well as marking posts.
In this sense, the social network warns that new users who choose not to subscribe “will only be able to perform ‘read-only’ actions, such as: reading posts, watching videos and following accounts.”
“This new program aims to defend against bots and spammers that try to manipulate the platform and interrupt the experience of other X users,” the company stressed.
In response to a publication on telephone number and card for the subscription payment.
“Right, read for free, but write $1/year. It’s the only way to fight bots without blocking real users. This won’t stop the bots completely, but it will be a thousand times more difficult to manipulate the platform,” he said.
