• MaxAmperage@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    There’s been a big effort to block anybody with a blue checkmark since any major story or viral post will have them automatically bumped up to the top of the replies. So, when the whiners started complaining, he started openly considering this.

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      1 year ago

      He will end up “compromising”.

      You can block people, but only people without blue check marks.

      Wanna harass someone, wanna be a troll, subscribe to Twitter blue and you can’t be blocked…

      • sensibilidades@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        Aren’t there different twitter tiers, too? Like, blue and gold? I wonder if you’ll only be allowed to block people in your tier and below, so that unpaid accounts can’t block anybody

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          IIRC the gold checkmarks are reserved for big corporate accounts that want it, and Twitter demands $1000/mo for that. Incredible.

            • Archpawn@lemmy.world
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              Honestly, I don’t think that’s a problem. Twitter always got its money from people paying to show you stuff you didn’t want to see. So what if the ads are now tweets?