Twitter power users begin campaign to 'Block the Blue' paid checkmarks

I started blocking blue checks on sight a couple days ago and it has significantly increased the overall quality of the Twitter experience.<p>I’ve found that I end up blocking accounts that I would have otherwise (weird culture warrior nonsense, low-quality Facebook meme reposts, an astounding number of people claiming that <i>everyone</i> spends $8&#x2F;day on coffee etc.) and the check mark just makes them stand out visually along with putting their posts at the top of threads. Heck, until they disabled it there was even an entire tab of folks to block in my notifications section.<p>Kudos!

This is the strangest thing. Super wealthy, powerful people are upset about paying 8 bucks month for something they use all the time?<p>Paying for the internet and social media is gonna happen one way or another, and the truth is, twitter provides just as much entertainment as films, tv and books, so I think it&#x27;s warranted.<p>To quote Nassim Taleb, &quot;The sad truth is that, under near zero interest rates, it was not the advertisers who were paying for much of your social media &amp; internet services, but investors.&quot;<p>I got that quote from twitter btw.

Someone&#x27;s already started work on a browser plugin[1] to automate the tedious process of blocking what are now conveniently flagged low quality posters, but I recommend submitting feedback in the app reviews to ask that Twitter make this a first-party feature.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;rlyshw&#x2F;blue-check-blocker">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;rlyshw&#x2F;blue-check-blocker</a>

Note than in response to this coverage Musk banned the account @BlockTheBlue.<p>To me this suggests insecurity.

<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;search?q=filter%3Afollows%20-filter%3Averified%20filter%3Ablue_verified&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;search?q=filter%3Afollows%20-filter%3Ave...</a><p>This will show you who you’re following who paid for an account.

How is a group of chronically upset internet losers news nowadays? Jesus. According to the stats in the article, a whopping 0.005479178% of the site at most have blocked people on Twitter. Big whoop.

Political activism based on consumerism and brand loyalty.<p>Many users have invested themselves (time, friendships, network, money, job) in the twitter brand. They want to defend their investment.<p>Many others haven&#x27;t as much but might like to invest a bit of disposable money to gain a return.<p>Twitter the brand benefits regardless. look how much it&#x27;s users care for it.

Anyone know if there’s some kind of API calls I can use to block the blues? I think this is a fabulous idea.

If I were a twitter user, this might be even the reason to get paid checmark. Just imagine all the insufferable people filtering you themselves. Must drastically improve the user experience of anyone who has the checkmark.