New Delhi, Dec. 31 -- Having earlier admitted that X was "underpaying" content creators, Tesla and SpaceX chief Elon Musk on Wednesday hinted that the social media platform was considering increasing payments to compete with YouTube.

Responding to a tweet calling for higher payouts to creators, Musk tagged X head of product Nikita Bier, saying flat out "Ok, let's do it, but rigorously enforcing no gaming of the system."

Bier, too, responded promptly, telling Musk that X was "On it."

"We have a new method that should wipe out 99% fraud," Bier added, addressing the second part of Musk's suggestion.

Musk's tweet saw an enthusiastic response from independent journalist Nick Shirley, who recently made headlines after exposing a daycare cen...