#BlockTheBlue
@Ikkaro si ocultan el check azul no puedo ver que tienen el check azul, y por tanto, no puedo bloquearles por tener check azul. #BlockTheBlue.
Salvando honrosas excepciones, mi política personal es bloquear toda insignia azul para evitar que, con mis visualizaciones, gente que pretende sacar dinero viralizando mierda logre su objetivo.
Otra opción es ver la prioridad de respuestas. Si en un tuit viral, entre las primeras respuestas verificadas hay alguna no verificada, es que está verificada oculta (tiene puesto de prioridad).
El siguiente paso ya sabéis, #BlockTheBlue
Los que aún sigáis por ese sitio del infierno supongo que ya sabréis que los :verified:, es decir, con insignia de verificación azul, se pueden ocultar la insignia para que nadie sepa que son :verified:.
Esto dificulta el #BlockTheBlue y permite que la gente se confíe viralizando contenidos creyendo que no se está alimentando a un monstruo.
Así que comparto un tutorial rápido para identificar gente #HiddenBlue sin ningún esfuerzo, y que podáis bloquearlos sin más.
Ah. Que ahora la gente en 𝕏Twitter puede tener el :verified: oculto. Que guay.
Si ya estaba practicando masivamente el #BlockTheBlue cuando eran fáciles de detectar (y con una extensión de Firefox), ahora ya voy a entrar en modo paranoico y bloquear a quien simplemente parezca sospechoso.
Tuit extendido: block.
Tuit con negritas: block.
Y así todo el rato.
Para quien tenga la duda, ahora mismo en twitter soy lector pasivo con CERO interacción.
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
@Thonycb @sebsauvage oui, j’étais un gros adepte du #blocktheblue
after #blocktheblue campaign musk now removes the block function. the blue subscribers now get the attention they seek. #twitter turns to be an anti-social network
Once again Elon showing his hostility towards his users. I'm sure this is in response to the #BlockTheBlue movement.
Teniendo eso en cuenta, estoy bloqueando todo perfil con verificador azul y todo tuit patrocinado que me encuentro en la red del pájaro. Ya sabéis, #BlockTheBlue y todo eso, para no dar, con mis visualizaciones, visitas y dinero.
That moment when you realize that #BlockTheBlue is real and you have to do something about it because the wave has grown into a tsunami.
🤔
hide the blue harold 😄
#twitter #xtwitter #twitterx #x #bluecheck #blocktheblue
@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.
@poofbirb dril's constant declamations of #BlockTheBlue dovetail so perfectly with his character's historical relationship to the police. it's beautiful
#Twitter plant übrigens evtl. die Abschaffung der Blockfunktion.
Vermutlich nach der #Blocktheblue Kampagne um ihre "Einnahmen" zu schützen.
Sollte das so kommen wird das mein endgültiger Abschied von hier sein.
Source:
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/09/elon-musk-says-twitter-is-going-to-get-rid-of-the-block-feature-enabling-greater-harassment/
#blocktheblue is still active on #Twitter . The "blue" subscribers still dominating every tweet reply timeline.
@GossiTheDog this is Elno’s strategy for undoing the #BlockTheBlue movement right?
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
Blues Blocker had an error, so I checked out the debug messages. Like it... #BlockTheBlue
Wiecie co jest najlepszego w #BlueBlocker https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/blue-blocker/jgpjphkbfjhlbajmmcoknjjppoamhpmm/ ?
jest demokratyczny i sie nie zastanawia.
Ale najlepsze jest po drugiej stronie... bo jesli ludzie te niebieskie konta pobanuja masowo #BlockTheBlue to jedyny sposob powortu dla delikwenta to bedzie zamknąć konto i zacząć od nowa. Bo z pod bana to sie latwo nie wychodzi... xD
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.
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
@Schouten_B "There's an App for That" 😉
Every single popular tweet I look at now has the Blue village idiot section. I know not to click "view" as I see enough dogshit on my lunchtime walks. #BlockTheBlueChecks #BlockTheBlue
#TwitterDown #BlueChecks
"Along with Reddit, Twitter is the ONLY major social platform that allows users to upload explicit sexual content."
It's all just such a mess...
TechCrunch:
Sex workers explain why blue check stigma and #BlockTheBlue aren’t so straightforward
"Not every new blue check on Twitter is a fan of Elon Musk."
https://techcrunch.com/2023/05/02/sex-workers-explain-why-blue-check-stigma-and-blocktheblue-arent-so-straightforward/
Melon is desperately trying to stop #BlockTheBlue, being logged out regularly for blocking Blue Dickheads. Try and stop me Melon :D
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. ;)
Almost like it’s too easy to tell them apart right now #BlockTheBlue #Twitter
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.
The right isn't getting any special treatment with Twitter Blue. #blocktheblue movement won't change that. It's time to stop suppressing those on the left who want to be heard. Understand what #TwitterBlue gives subscribers and what it doesn't.
Listen!
https://richardsonsrubicon.com/tick-off-twitter/
This seems to work like a charm to #BlockTheBlue: You run some code in your browser's console and every blue check account currently on that page/tab will be blocked. Using it on the replies to a tweet from SpaceX, say, will render dozens or hundreds of new blocks.
https://gist.github.com/adalinesimonian/b52a753c9fd6c176598745df01ba12dc
Free chrome extension to auto hide all Twitter Blue members with under 10K followers
✵ - Epic Games CEO rages over people making fun of Elon Musk's Twitter Blue
On April 22nd, Sweeney took aim at those who were supporting the ‘#BlockTheBlue’ campaign, in which people would block accounts that paid for Twitter Blue, calling them “losers and goons.” Strangely, Sweeney — a billionaire thanks to the likes of Fortnite and Epic’s ubiquitous Unreal game development engine — then proceeded to make a reference to his high school experience. “They’re [#BlockTheBlue supporters] 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,” he tweeted.
Later in his thread, Sweeney went on to say that “an online community like this should be a meritocracy, where everyone has an equal chance, and merit is earned rather than anointed by a corporation.” (It’s unclear how paying for a checkmark equates to “earning” merit.)
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I am blocking every single account on Twitter that pays for their blue check mark. There will be no exceptions. #BlockTheBlue
But there have already been some cases where I was like:
June 18, 2009: The last time I fucked around and found out about Twitter verification.
"When the Auschwitz Museum is having to issue a public statement saying that they didn’t pay for #TwitterBlue, it’s probably time for some deep self-reflection about what you’re doing.
Oh and now that advertisers have to subscribe to #Twitter Blue to advertise, any extension that blocks Twitter Blue users will also probably block most ads. The business genius has another excellent idea."
#ElonMusk #BlockTheBlue #BlueCheckmark
https://www.garbageday.email/p/the-business-genius-has-another-excellent
>Read to the end for a chill cat
@jon I find quite silly people tweeting #blocktheblue while still using the blue website.. but silly at it is, at least it might cause some real financial damage to the website they insist on using, eventually leading to its end 🤞
So, I was just thinking about #Twitter Blue a bit ago. Reporting is that since the purge there is a net of 28 new signups. That's only $2,688 USD, a rather pathetic number. But wait, that's before taking into account the processing charges for the transaction, which at about 30 percent reduced the amount to $1,688 USD.
And, I have my doubts he's even made that much... #Elon has started doling of Blue subscriptions as "gifts" to his celebrity "friends", which is hard to believe when the list includes several deceased people, and quite a few of the people behind the #BlockTheBlue movement.
Instead of actually making any money on me signups, I'm certain he's actually losing money. IMO, the whole reason to come out the freebie accounts was to inflate the numbers so it looks like he didn't take a step backwards. This was most likely done to (a) keep current users on the #BirdSite, (b) try to frustrate the #BlockTheBlue people, and (c) make the site appear more attractive to advertisers and try to win then back.
So, the reality is: things are more pathetic than many of the critics of #Musk's management of the site are thinking it is.
@KayOstas My favorite detail is that all the #BlockTheBlue folks were "gifted" the checkmark so that their own initiative blocked them.
Like, it's an actual punishment. That's hysterical.
It’s HILARIOUS seeing all the minnows with Blue Checks on that site!
#twitter #bluecheck #BlockTheBlue #musk #politics #news
#Twitter : Elon Musk distribue des coches bleues sans consentement et illégalement à des célébrités, parfois décédées - #BlockTheBlue
https://www.frandroid.com/culture-tech/web/1673143_twitter-elon-musk-distribue-des-coches-bleues-sans-consentement-et-illegalement
Les Na'vi en PLS
C'est très drôle ce retour de bâton dans la face de Léon avec le #BlockTheBlue ^^
Interesting thread on potential legal liability of Musk giving blue checks to celebrities and other highly-followed twitter users who explicitly don’t want to pay for it. #BlockTheBlue
Would be curious what other legal experts think. @Popehat, et al.
@janwwbosch @gavreilly Oh they are just randomly putting it on accounts now - presumably to prevent the #BlockTheBlue campaign. BBC news is unlikely to be paying for blue (or they'd be paying for the gold one not the blue one) so yeah this is twitter being twitter 2.0
@albertoemepunto @dictatriz @espanabizarra Matt Binder, uno de los periodistas que cubrió lo de ElonJet y que ha estado moviendo lo de #BlockTheBlue tiene menos de 140.000 seguidores y también le han plantado el check azul.
@mastodonmigration Tweets humiliating #ElonMusk keep trending and there's nothing he can do to stop this. He hopes that by paying the money for celebrities who don't just refuse to pay but boast about why they won't, he hopes this will undermine #blocktheblue since we'd end up blocking our highest profile allies. But we know who he is paying for. And we won't block them. But this could sabotage apps that automatically block those who have been verified against their will.
Como ayer no entré a tuiter me perdí la enésima pataleta infantil del Hombre Más Listo del Mundo™.
Como resulta que el hashtag #BlockTheBlue estaba siendo TT mundial y apoyado por titanes de aquella red social como #dril, a Musk no se le ha ocurrido nada mejor que empezar a poner verificados a gente que no ha pagado, empezando por el propio dril, y también a un periodista que cubrió lo de #ElonJet.
Sus verificados indican que están suscritos a tuiter blue, pero no es cierto.
Continue entrant a Twitter (només per vore uns quants comptes) i lo d'ahir va ser una puta bogeria:
1) Uns quants usuaris, entre ells el mític Dril, van crear la campanya #BlockTheBlue per blocar tothom que page:
Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to 'Block the Blue' paid checkmarks
https://mashable.com/article/block-the-blue-twitter-campaign-dril
2) Elon Musk, d'alguna forma, s'adona, i li dóna gratuïtament la marca blava a Dril i als que van fer la campanya, com a 'càstig'
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Didn't realize that blocking tons of accounts on the birdsite could be so enjoyable. #BlockTheBlue
#blocktheblue #Twitter
I've seen a few accounts get random #BlueChecks from actors to content creators who didn't have a blue checkmark this morning. So unless everyone bought them at the same time it seems odd.
So did people like Nate Silver really pay $8/month to be #Twitter Verified or is this Elon giving certain high profile Twitter accounts a “free” Blue Check to try and convince other people to pay as well … or an attempt to gum the #BlockTheBlue movement? It’d be really odd for someone like Nate to pay given people like him create content that other people come to Twitter for.
Chrome extension to auto-block Twitter Blue subscribers on Twitter
It has to add the Blue accounts as you encounter them to avoid bot bans, but if you want to expedite, visit Elon's tweets and watch it add thousands per minute
#BlockTheBlue
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/bluesblocker/dbcfmkldigmecjpjeojbcfbjidmcngfe
🔗 🐦 https://twitter.com/AnonOpsUnited2/status/1649971818810277893
lol i have some bad news
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RT @lapajapa
Hey, $8-savers! Why get Twitter Blue when you can drown in ads? Enjoy your 'wise' choice—maybe invest in ad-blocker futures?😂 #ThriftyTwitterHeroes #BlockTheBlue #BlockTheBlueChecks
https://twitter.com/lapajapa/status/1649943031661953025
Today's top ten tag trends:
10: #bvb
9: #ScreenshotSaturday
8: #BlockTheBlue
7: #recordstoreday
6: #m05fcb
5: #earthday2023
4: #magnetizeasongormovie
3: #catsofmastodon
2: #caturday
1: #earthday
@halfcocked it's wild that Twitter Blue is so bad that you not only can't give it away, but that it's actually being given to people as punishment.
I've been online for well over 3 decades. I've seen a lot. I ain't seen *this* before.
If you've disconnected from #twitter but are curious about #ElonMusk's current mess:
Twitter took away legacy blue checkmarks but Elon decided to "pay" for some himself for big celebrities.
Everyone started mocking him for it.
Some started a campaign #BlockTheBlue using plugins to block all paid-verified accounts.
Elon then "gifted" the largest accounts promoting this with Twitter Blue assuming they would then stop to protect themselves from being blocked.
Including the account for dril
Well, I ended up deciding to change the checkmark to a tree that I like after hearing about the #BlockTheBlue campaign going on.
In solidarity with Twitter users blocking en masse accounts with blue check marks, I’m doing the same thing here on Mastodon. #BlockTheBlue
Junior high was like 40 years ago for you lol, spend that $8 on therapy
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RT @TimSweeneyEpic
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://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1231290805211496448
https://twitter.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/1649779930996129792
Frustrated users on #Twitter are blocking en masse accounts with blue check marks in an effort they're calling #BlockTheBlue. https://wapo.st/41z1B3q
Twitter has become the live action version of Sneetches on Beaches.
Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to 'Block the Blue' paid checkmarks | Mashable https://mashable.com/article/block-the-blue-twitter-campaign-dril
Reading about #BlockTheBlue and I can't think of a more futile protest. Just log off and step away from the trash fire, folks.
BirdSite power users begin campaign to 'Block the Blue' paid checkmarks
#BlockTheBlue #NoCashForThisClunker
https://mashable.com/article/block-the-blue-twitter-campaign-dril
#BlockTheBlue is a spirited bit of resistance and should cause Musk some anxiety. That is, until he simply reverses all blocks of Blue subscribers in one click. It still doesn't seem to have sunk in that Musk has total control of the thing and the only act of resistance that can overcome that control is leaving.
Mashable has another funny #BlockTheBlue story: Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to 'Block the Blue' paid checkmarks >>> https://mashable.com/article/block-the-blue-twitter-campaign-dril.
Seems Dril is a really big thing over there: "I am actively rooting for the downfall of twitter... 99% of twitter blue guys are dead-eyed cretins who are usually trying to sell you something stupid and expensive, and now they want to pay a monthly subscription fee to boost their dog shit posts front and center"
Won't link it because of their paywall, but the Washington Post has a story today about #BlockTheBlue over on Twitter:
"Frustrated users on Twitter are taking up arms against accounts with blue check marks and blocking them en masse in an effort they’re calling #BlockTheBlue."
"Shortly after the #BlockTheBlue hashtag took off, Twitter on Friday suspended the @Blocktheblue account."
1/2
Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to 'Block the Blue' paid checkmarks | #Mashable
After #ElonMusk removed legacy verified users' checkmarks, #Twitter's biggest users are blocking everyone who pays.
#BlockTheBlue #TwitterTakeover #SocialMedia #BlueCheck
https://mashable.com/article/block-the-blue-twitter-campaign-dril
“‘99% of Twitter Blue guys are dead-eyed cretins who are usually trying to sell you something stupid and expensive, and now they want to pay a monthly subscription fee to boost their dog shit posts front and center,’ Twitter user dril told me in an email when I asked about his thoughts on the #BlockTheBlue campaign.
“‘blocking them and encouraging others to do the same on a massive scale is the complete opposite of what they want,’ he continued. ‘Its funny.’”
https://mashable.com/article/block-the-blue-twitter-campaign-dril
@joshsternberg @mastodonmigration @tchambers But what does this verification badge actually verify? That even if they have less than 100 followers and no one thinks they're interesting enough to follow back, so their follower/followee ratio stinks, they still get verified because they don't mind giving one of the world's richest man $8 per month? This system has become a joke. We need to campaign to make a mass boycott successful asap. #blocktheblue