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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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[–] ZagTheRaccoon@reddthat.com 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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[–] justastranger@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Their posts get prioritized in the algorithm iirc

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[–] Fisk400@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago

By a vast margin. Replies are apparently unusable as a thing for communication because if you have a checkmark the algorithm ignores any other consideration.

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[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world 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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[–] Frodo@startrek.website 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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[–] TotallynotJessica@lemmy.world -1 points 3 years ago

I don't know what it was called, but the purchasable blue check marks thing built off of an already existing service. It might have had a different name, I don't remember.

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[–] Dee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

Paying for Twitter Blue wasn't a thing until after Musk bought Twitter

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