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X's 'complimentary' Premium push gives people blue checks they didn't ask for
- rsynnott 3y agoThis feels like it will obviously backfire. Like, the obvious solution if you don't want the Mark of Musk which has been foisted upon you is to simply block bluetick followers.
- jauntywundrkind 3y agoSince bluechecks became pay for, a lot of users renounced their bluechecks, not wanting to be associated with that. These folks and many others are waking up to find their bluechecks are back, without their consent. X/Twitter basically had to do something, since one of the new perks of bluechecks is that bluecheck comments show on top. And these paid users are not the best. Are fairly often Musk-heads. This attempt at monetization has ruined conversation quality, and giving the bluecheck service away is an attempt to triage. Basically the comments have devolved into garbage under X, since bluechecks get top ranked. This is an attempt to get