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Twitter Blue subscribers can now hide their blue checks (www.theverge.com)

submitted 3 years ago by StoicLime@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] TwilightVulpine@lemmy.world 67 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Well that sounds terrible. At least with the blue logo you can just hide or block their posts to get to the organic engagement.

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[–] ZEEEPh@lemmy.world 31 points 3 years ago (2 children)

yeah, seems like now it will be very difficult to weed them out... just another reason to go away from twitter

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[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Knowing how well Twitter is being maintained, there's likely going to be something left in the code to give Blue people away

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[–] klyde@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

And if so, the blocker I have on PC will find them and block them still.

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