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Cross posting from #Twitter...

> Suddenly feeling like the best reason to #BlockTheBlue is so you don't have to scroll down through all the stupid comments by people so unreasonable they need to buy #BlueChecks to be heard when you just want to see what the average person thinks about a post a celebrity made...

https://twitter.com/RockstarRaccoon/status/1693455743746199988

I joked earlier that this was because Grimes probably blocked him but I think now it has more to do with the tremendous failure that buying blue checks caused. #blocktheblue basically owned Elon so hard and he had to let people hide their check marks. #twitter

@esvrld Because plenty of those calling for #BlockTheBlue are already presupposed to oppose sex work on moral or "exploitation" grounds; and because not having Twitter Blue does block a user from some features that are useful for outreach.

Although, given how much Musk has tainted the app with his own Nazi/Alt-Right brand and fetish, it's increasingly not worth either the cost nor the association.

@flexghost

#BlockTheBlue

@yamuis #blocktheblue

@edgeofeurope #blocktheblue

Die eikel is vooral goed in trollen. Verder kan ‘ie niks.

If you must be on the #hellsite KEEP ON speaking truth to power and BLOCK the BLUE CHECKS. #BlockTheBlue

If the last you heard was that "#BlockTheBlue" permanently consigned the blue tick to hated status and only Musk fans were buying them, I'm afraid that hasn't lasted. Every time I look back on my old feed I see more and more "normal" people and organisations have quietly caved and bought them in order to get some clout back. But I'm sure they've rationalised to themselves how paying the far right is actually fighting them, or something… #Twitter

I installed an automatic #BlockTheBlue extension, and things were going great, right up until I programatically committed some light blasphemy.

Yes, I blocked and deplatformed God.

Ironically, this was in a thread by Satan, who has a follower count greater than 1 million, and is thus exempt from the extension.

How to Build (And Destroy) a #SocialNetwork

Status means everything to platforms like #Twitter and Facebook. But contrary to what #ElonMusk thinks, it doesn’t come from a #BlueCheckmark.

"#TwitterBlue may be boneheaded as a revenue scheme, but it excels as a case study in how grappling for status can ruin a social network."

#TwitterTakeover #SocialMedia #BlueCheck #BlockTheBlue #BlueSky

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/05/social-media-status-twitter-blue-checks-bluesky/673987/

Elon Musk broke Twitter’s #Ratio—the yardstick off all-out ideological insult warfare.

How #ElonMusk broke “the Ratio”—and the ideological point-scoring it symbolized.

"#Twitter has always been a sewer. The prioritization of paid, right-skewing tweets merely asks what happens if people get tired of swimming in it."

#TwitterTakeover #SocialMedia #BlueCheck #BlockTheBlue

https://slate.com/technology/2023/05/elon-musk-twitter-ratio-blue-conservatives.html

Sex workers explain why blue check stigma and #BlockTheBlue aren’t so straightforward https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/02/sex-workers-explain-why-blue-check-stigma-and-blocktheblue-arent-so-straightforward/

A line was crossed today.

#twitter #elonmusk #twitterbuyout #blocktheblue

Even more reason to #BlockTheBlue

Verified Twitter Accounts Spread Misinfo About Imminent Nuclear Strike https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxjd4y/verified-twitter-accounts-spread-misinfo-about-imminent-nuclear-strike

We’ve figured out a way to beat Twitter at its own game - by blocking people with blue ticks | The Independent
#Twitter
#BlueTicks
#BlockTheBlue
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/elon-musk-twitter-blue-ticks-verified-b2329430.html

The replies to this tweet are a great example of why this site is better when you #BlockTheBlue.

I'm starting to think we're going to have a #BlockTheBlue campaign on #Mastodon also, but for a completely different reason. ;)

Add this to uBlock Origin to hide all blue checks from your timeline.
#BlockTheBlue

This is nice because all you have to do is turn off uBlock temporarily to undo it if you want to see everything.

These are the lines. Copying and pasting may give errors.

twitter.com##article [data-testid="icon-verified"]:upward(article)
twitter.com##.css-1dbjc4n.r-1habvwh.r-18u37iz.r-1wtj0ep [data-testid="verified-badge"]

Update: I've blocked around 1,000 accounts yesterday, in a matter of minutes. This is great! #BlockTheBlue
My total count is a bit over 3,000 now, which probably tells you a lot about my blocking behavior over the last 9+ years.