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> removing advertiser-driven garbage. All of the bluecheckmark replies that get sorted to the top of every post are a form of "advertiser" driven garbage. Thos

> removing advertiser-driven garbage. All of the bluecheckmark replies that get sorted to the top of every post are a form of "advertiser" driven garbage. Those garbage tweets are being put in front of you because someone paid $8 /month for it.

arcticfox 3y ago
It's such a funny way to destroy your own business; I mostly follow somewhat niche military / geopolitical discussion, and the top ~10 replies are usually from OnlyFans creators jumping in with...whatever, the content of the Tweets is clearly not their point. I still find it funny enough to not care but it is a comically bad experience.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
  > I mostly follow somewhat niche military / geopolitical discussion, and the top ~10 replies are usually from OnlyFans creators jumping in with...whatever, the content of the Tweets is clearly not their point Is it OF people replying specifically to military/geopolitical threads (and if so, in ways that at least act relevant or just off-topic spamming?), or is it just their posts getting shoved to the top of the feed because they paid?
  - rg111 3y ago
    I use twitter only for the Deep Learning research folks. Getting bombarded by Onlyfans types and crypto types has increased manyfold in the last few months.
  - arcticfox 3y ago
    They respond with relevant (if naive) content; I'm not sure if it's GPT-4 or genuine opinions and comments. Even in the improbable non-spam explanation that they are sincerely interested and responding to the content, it is hilarious how they are consistently the featured content in an area that they clearly have no expertise in. The threads, in order, are typically like: - post by professional military analyst with 30 years of experience - 10 replies by OF creators that pay for Blue - 100 replies by other analysts and military hobbyists that didn't pay for Blue
jeffbee 3y ago
Succinctly summarized at https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-slow-sad-death-of-twitter/ https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-slow-sad-death-of-twitt... Blue check promotion moves the dumbest, coldest takes anyone has ever written right to the top of the thread.
dhfbshfbu4u3 3y ago
Sure, but I’m talking about behind the scenes stuff that product marketing stuffed into the bloatware.

arcticfox 3y ago

It's such a funny way to destroy your own business; I mostly follow somewhat niche military / geopolitical discussion, and the top ~10 replies are usually from OnlyFans creators jumping in with...whatever, the content of the Tweets is clearly not their point. I still find it funny enough to not care but it is a comically bad experience.

yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
> I mostly follow somewhat niche military / geopolitical discussion, and the top ~10 replies are usually from OnlyFans creators jumping in with...whatever, the content of the Tweets is clearly not their point Is it OF people replying specifically to military/geopolitical threads (and if so, in ways that at least act relevant or just off-topic spamming?), or is it just their posts getting shoved to the top of the feed because they paid?
- rg111 3y ago
  I use twitter only for the Deep Learning research folks. Getting bombarded by Onlyfans types and crypto types has increased manyfold in the last few months.
- arcticfox 3y ago
  They respond with relevant (if naive) content; I'm not sure if it's GPT-4 or genuine opinions and comments. Even in the improbable non-spam explanation that they are sincerely interested and responding to the content, it is hilarious how they are consistently the featured content in an area that they clearly have no expertise in. The threads, in order, are typically like: - post by professional military analyst with 30 years of experience - 10 replies by OF creators that pay for Blue - 100 replies by other analysts and military hobbyists that didn't pay for Blue

jeffbee 3y ago

Succinctly summarized at https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-slow-sad-death-of-twitter/ https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/the-slow-sad-death-of-twitt... Blue check promotion moves the dumbest, coldest takes anyone has ever written right to the top of the thread.

dhfbshfbu4u3 3y ago

Sure, but I’m talking about behind the scenes stuff that product marketing stuffed into the bloatware.