X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, has begun charging some users a fee for access to key features on the social media website.

In some markets, those who create a new account will have to pay an annual $1 fee to tweet, reply, quote, repost, like, and bookmark.

Those who don’t pay the fee will still be able to read posts, watch videos, and follow accounts.

The “Not a Bot” plan went into effect in New Zealand and the Philippines on Tuesday, X announced in a post on the website.

Owner Elon Musk has been considering the move for months, Fortune reported.

“It’s the only way I can think of to combat vast armies of bots,” he said during a talk last month with Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister of Israel.

“This new test was developed to bolster our already significant efforts to reduce spam, manipulation of our platform and bot activity,” X said.

“This will evaluate a potentially powerful measure to help us combat bots and spammers on X, while balancing platform accessibility with the small fee amount.

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“Within this test, existing users are not affected.”

Many commenters on X were unhappy with the decision.

“It won’t work. Many will leave twitter,” one said.

“If he does that, many users will leave, and advertising revenue will get even worse,” another added.

“Outtie 5000 I’m done. This months bad idea. At least he is consistent,” a different commenter said.

But not everyone saw the $1 price tag as a serious barrier to entry.

“Even I’ll pay that,” one X user said.

The U.S. Sun reached out to the company for a comment.

“Busy now, please check back later,” X replied.

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