Twitter C/D

Amazing NYT article, thank you k3vin k

reminder that if too many elon paypigs block you, twitter will deboost your account, giving you an incentive to #BlockTheBlue before they can block you. pic.twitter.com/AsLdSNzoPW

— jenny_tightpants🪑 (@halomancer1) April 21, 2023

kind of feels like these people want a participation trophy and they're paying for their own

idc if elon deboosts me anyone using the algo timeline is fake to me

From a friend still employed at Twitter. Things are a little hectic! pic.twitter.com/8V6HaVEZpO

— jordan (@jdan) April 21, 2023

Hope this is true 😄

the text that was half cropped out at the bottom!

wtf haha

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuR6f1YWIAAcdES?format=jpg&name=small

has Sesame Street ever been not political?

Yes, his avatar is a photo of him and Jordan Peterson

are children plebs? because Sesame Street is for the children

a Jordan Peterson fan being into Jim Henson creations sounds otm though

children are the ultimate plebs

to be fair to Twitter, what social media company would want the two stars of the most popular shows on the planet creating free content for their platform pic.twitter.com/lPEpJI0hEZ

— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) April 22, 2023

I really doubt that they’re getting 400 signups a day, simply does not compute, but it’s funny to think about

that post is "doing a bit"

saw someone complaining that they applied for twitter verified organisation status ($1,000), were refused, and they just discovered that you should always read the T&Cs pic.twitter.com/evrtcZC4eb

— Chris Boyd 🇬🇧🇵🇭🇺🇦 (@paperghost) April 22, 2023

Net increase in verified users was in fact 28.

people are being very weird about this, the ceo of epic games

People in this #BlockTheBlue pressure campaign are losers and goons. They're the cool kids from junior high who worked to exclude we nerds from cool kid events, plus the losers who joined in to gain cred. The elite-only verification system sucked, been criticizing it since 2018. https://t.co/KSRItcc26l

— Tim Sweeney (@TimSweeneyEpic) April 22, 2023

Thanks for sharing that post, made it easier to block him

i went through is replies and did my first block the blue run, too many clicks but it had to be done

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FuVYbfTacAE81SF?format=jpg&name=medium

wonder if i could make a browser plugin to make blocking easier

I've interviewed Sweeney, he's a very odd guy, almost like speaking to a robot or something.

ah https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/blue-blocker/jgpjphkbfjhlbajmmcoknjjppoamhpmm

https://www.throwbacks.com/content/images/2017/12/11-1.JPG

seems like you have to visit the accounts profile page for that extension to work but that does make the blocking a little easier

whether intentionally or ass backwards they have switched this website's business model from "selling ad space to brands" to "grifting shut ins out of their social security check with culture war horseshit" pic.twitter.com/zSnW66dEUs

— flglmn (@flglmn) April 22, 2023

I was in a hipster coffee bar today and everyone was talking about the size of your poops

— Jacob Wohl (@HornsPanda) April 22, 2023

Dril’s response to getting the blue check

you can disaggrree with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwells politics while still hanging out with them in photographs. Its totally fine

— forgiven ascended wint (@dril) April 22, 2023

I love that he's now giving them out as punishment

business genius

I have been informed it was removed because dril changed his username to remove it, but now it is back there, because I guess Elon is monitoring the account and putting it back as soon as dril removes it, which is so pathetic it's impossible to put into words really pic.twitter.com/UY15K7B4h9

— Wild Geerters (@steinkobbe) April 22, 2023

He must be on an Adderall bender.

From this thread of dead celebrities, it appears that every account with 1 million followers is being blue checked. https://t.co/JYHKnM6G7d

— Troy Goodfellow (@TroyGoodfellow) April 22, 2023

I feel like I’m craving a very uncomfortable and defensive interview by some dopey marketing or PR executive, where are the goods

The blue check thing is exciting for old heads because it's just a good old fashioned message board implosion

— krat (@KWholesaler) April 23, 2023

Sadly that Blue Blocker thing doesn't seem to work. I wish I'd known about the blocking masterlist before the account got suspended.

Listen, aside from the snarky response, this really isn’t appropriate. If you want to verify old accounts somehow to avoid impersonation, cool, but making it look like they’re subscribed? That’s in exceedingly poor taste. My father is dead, and has no say in the matter.

— Jack McCain (@McCainJack) April 23, 2023

The 1M follower thing is true I guess. This guy’s a popular video game designer with 1M followers.

No it’s not and no I didn’t. 😡 pic.twitter.com/cVBSULNDkF

— TimOfLegend (@TimOfLegend) April 23, 2023

if someone buys elon some buffy box sets will he stop fucking with the site

the million follower free checkmark thing applying to dead people might be the funniest bit yet

We’ve reached the point where Elon is giving out blue checks out of spite

Elon Musk just gave me mine for free and I’m not even a Hollywood celeb

how much are you paying for yours catturd https://t.co/X8eDayOvF6

— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) April 22, 2023

We’ve reached the point where Elon is giving out blue checks out of spite

Elon Musk just gave me mine for free and I’m not even a Hollywood celeb

how much are you paying for yours catturd https://t.co/X8eDayOvF6

— Matt Binder (@MattBinder) April 22, 2023

Huh

In the old days I would've assumed this was a joke. But thanks to Elon's checkmark system, I can safely say it's in earnest. pic.twitter.com/ggJJdj2PRD

— Matt Novak (@paleofuture) April 23, 2023

Sadly that Blue Blocker thing doesn't seem to work. I wish I'd known about the blocking masterlist before the account got suspended.

― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Saturday, April 22, 2023 10:32 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

oops was going to say it kind of works for me at least you just have to go to the profile of the blue check you want to block (im assuming because thats where the blocking functionality is exposed) like for instance this guy https://twitter.com/Murphybear64 then if you refresh youll see hes blocked so it saves you a couple clicks

so a good block the blue workflow might be find a tweet that has a a ton of blue check replies and open the profile of each replier in a new tab then go one by one closing each tab which will in turn load the next tab activating the blocking extension

dont worry i reviewed my profile myself and its still really good. please let me change my name back to normal now pic.twitter.com/nlKZpm9Eq9

— slave to Woke (@dril) April 23, 2023

im looking to advertise my business on a social media platform that elevates the type of people in my replies who yell at the auschwitz museum, does anyone know of an app like that where i can advertise my business

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) April 23, 2023