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Leak: Elon Musk said he wants X to be a dating app, too, in an all-hands meeting on the anniversary of his Twitter takeover (www.businessinsider.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is the best summary I could come up with:

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Musk did not get into details of how exactly X would become a dating app, if there was any user demand for such features, or what further product changes would be made to turn it into one, one of the people present said.

However, the idea is in line with Musk's push for features that require payment, as most dating apps today are some form of subscription service.

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Musk said during the meeting he expects X to be capable of functioning as a bank by next year, the person added, whether or not users want it to be.

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For new users in New Zealand and the Philippines, a fee of $1 per year is now in place for the platform's most basic feature or posting is part of the initiative toward payments and banking, the person added.

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Insider previously reported on Musk's push for live video at X and his aspirations to turn the platform into a video-centric "media channel."

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Several employees submitted questions before the meeting regarding the company's financial state as advertisers and users continue to flee the platform.

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The original article contains 701 words, the summary contains 205 words. Saved 71%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I like the tldr notes on how many sentences were skipped. It gives a lot more context to how the bot has reduced the total article length.