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I don't understand why one would use this. If I don't like particular twitter user, just unfollow or block that particular user. If I don't like twitter as a
by j16sdiz 3y ago
I don't understand why one would use this.
If I don't like particular twitter user, just unfollow or block that particular user.
If I don't like twitter as a platform, just quit using twitter.
I don't understand why one would block all blue user
- kevincrane 3y agoBecause Twitter Blue users get promoted to the top of everyone’s feeds and comments, and historically they just aren’t very bright or clever on average. The end result is Twitter actively making my feed worse to satisfy the ego of people not funny enough to get to the top of feeds naturally. I use this plugin and it rules, it’s purged thousands of the most annoying people from my feed without me having to lift a finger.
- lionkor 3y ago[flagged]
- rnk 3y agoOr just stop using twitter?
- anigbrowl 3y agoContesting with others for domination of virtual territory is an equally valid approach.
- BryantD 3y agoFor what it’s worth, being verified isn’t a random factor: it’s the result of a conscious decision to pay X $8 a month. (Maybe a few exceptions.) Your call as to whether that’s a reasonable evaluation but it’s not random.
- mrd3v0 3y agoBlocking people based on choices they make is a perfectly valid reason and a far cry from a random factor in what they share. Lumping political opinions and choices with sexual orientation, race or otherwise is irrational at best and disingenuous at worst.
- howinteresting 3y agoBy buying Blue you are expressing the opinion that buying Blue and putting the checkmark on your profile is worth your money. That is a reasonable thing to use to judge people, isn't it?
- lionkor 3y agoNo, by buying Blue you are buying Blue, nothing else. This may be because you like the checkmark, or for political reasons, or for other reasons, but those are not clear.
- howinteresting 3y agoYou're voting with your wallet. Other people are allowed to vote to block you based on your vote. It's not a big deal.
- donatj 3y agoI mean blocking me because I'm a bad speller and like having the edit function seems silly.
- howinteresting 3y agoSucks. That's just how Bayes' theorem is sometimes.
- lionkor 3y agoThats why real votes are anonymous
- sigmar 3y agoWhat? Twitter replies used to be ranked by merit. More likes get you higher up in replies, much like hackernews. Now you pay money to get higher.
- mikecoles 3y agoI don't use it, but it's working wonderfully by keeping self-absorbed dimwits from cluttering up Twitter/X.
- threeseed 3y agoBecause: a) Twitter Blue comments are always placed ahead of everyone else but yet their quality is almost always poor. Many popular threads will have nothing but emojis for the first few pages. b) Alternatives like Threads don't yet have all of the features that Twitter has e.g. hashtags. This is preventing many users from migrating.
- afavour 3y agoWorth pointing out that since Twitter started paying Blue users for their content this has gotten worse. They’re replying to everything, everywhere in the hopes of engagement and thus payout. Blocking all of them feels heavy handed but honestly would make the site a lot better.
- Barrin92 3y ago>engagement and thus payout. can we also for a second talk about how much of a racket this is? "Give me 8 dollars so I can pay you more back" is a business model on the level of a Nigerian email scam, clearly for this to even make sense for Twitter the vast majority will never get any money out of this
- brucethemoose2 3y agoI dont have a Twitter account, so this would be useful to me for ocassional Twitter viewing. Also, from what I have seen, a large majority of the top Twitter Blue replies are trashier than the unverified replies below, and the OP is not syndicated on Mastadon or whatever.
- 1270018080 3y agoTwitter blue users are the lowest tier of content quality on the site. So blocking all of them in one fell swoop is efficient and good.
- Conscat 3y ago> I don't understand why one would block all blue user Have you seen the kinds of posts those people, as a class, are leaving there?
- kitkat_new 3y agofor me it's mostly that I don't want ads shoved into me, especially as the content often is conspiracy theories and hate
- Zigurd 3y agoI have a prolific block list on Xitter. An automated tool to find and block the inherently blockworthy is welcome.
- madeofpalk 3y agoPeople who pay to promote their tweets usually don't have much of value to contribute.
- bjoli 3y agoI just tried a theory I have on some of my recent twitter interactions. About 25% of the blue check people are retweeting nazi things. Like actual real Nazi things from actual real Nazis. I don't know why that is the case, and my "study" only was on about 20 accounts, but I get fash vibes from blue people more often than not. Edit: and Elon Musk is a pseudo-fascist and a coward and if I can do anything to get a nicer day AND piss him off it is really a win-win.
- robertlagrant 3y agoCan you give an example of "actual Nazi things"?
- sundaeofshock 3y agoActual Nazi things are not to be shared; no need to give it more reach. Ok, I guess I’ll give one example: Musk’s attacks on the ADL. Want more examples? Try this: go to twitter and look for some of the big name blue checks. You’ll see plenty of Nazi things in those accounts.
- robertlagrant 3y ago> Musk’s attacks on the ADL Would you mind quoting? I'm trying to get an example.
- bjoli 3y agoGreat replacement stuff. Non-whites cannot actually be western. That Hungarian billionaire finding something that might be ZOG. Race and IQ things directly taken from taking points of the pioneer foundation.
- vGPU 3y ago[flagged]
- aaomidi 3y agoHere’s an extension of your second point: If you’ve paid for Twitter I don’t care what you have to say.
- emsy 3y agoAs others stated, people with low quality tweets can pay to shove them in your face. I would pay for Twitter if I could rate tweets and adjust my feed accordingly.
- rsynnott 3y agoIt’s an imperfect spam filter, of course, but their replies clutter up the top replies of any popular tweet and are virtually never worth looking at (in general, if you can only get attention by paying for it, you’re probably not worth paying attention to). I’d probably use it if I was still on Twitter.