Social Network The changes are designed to prevent spam and “abuse vectors,” the company said. The new pricing increases the cost from $0.01 to $0.20 per link.
Last week, the X developer account posted API pricing changes. The two most notable increases are an increase in link posting prices and an increase in posting prices, from $0.01 to $0.15 per post.
This move could result in many publications not being able to post links. For example, tech news aggregator Techmeme this week stopped adding links to original articles in X’s posts. Instead, the post says, “Visit Techmeme.com for links and full content!”
Earlier this week, Techmeme said that price increases were one of the reasons it was removing the link and that it may come back later. The publication also cited a study by Nieman Lab, which pointed out that including links to posts on X reduces engagement.
Nikita Bier, head of product at He also responded to Techmeme founder Gabe Rivera by saying, “There is no code that weakens links.”
He added that Techmeme should post screenshots of reactions to the news along with links.
Earlier this week, Rivera responded to the API pricing change, saying it would force news sites to pay hundreds of dollars or publish manually.
“It’s like saying, if you have a news site that tweets links and you don’t tweet them manually, you have to pay X hundreds of dollars a month.” he insisted.
The argument that X reduces the reach of posts with links is not new. A few years ago, Dissolution of the company The headline appeared in link previews on the platform, but the change was reverted a few weeks later.
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