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Twitter Blue subscribers can now hide their blue checks (www.theverge.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 40 points 3 years ago (2 children)

So.. if you can't see if someone is a "legit" (verified) account, why would you pay that fat f@ck for verifiXation?

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I assume twitter blue offers other perks, that people might want without the shame of it being publicly known.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    I heard of several people paying for blue to be able to edit tweets and such before Musk bought it.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I thought that making blue check marks purchasable was one of the first things Musk did at Twitter after firing everyone.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I don't quite see what your average Twitter user needs the information for about whose a paid member and whose not.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    I recall reading (forgot where) that someone with the Blue Check-mark has more "weight" when retweeting and responding to tweets. And that the Blue Checks can easily bury anyone without a Blue Check in Twitters algorithm. This was done intentionally by Elon to pressure people into paying.

    It's why artists like Adam Ellis blocks anyone with the Blue Check; right-wingers hate him, and they can really fuck up his reach, so he just blocks anyone with the Blue Check-mark who replies/re-tweets his work so they can't even interact with his tweets. And he isn't the only artist that does this.

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