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Twitter Blue subscribers can now hide their blue checks (www.theverge.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[โ€“] MeanEYE 30 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would assume that's because, at least partially, because there's an abundance of addons which automatically block blue checks.

[โ€“] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago

It wouldn't be so bad if they didn't also give them more weight in the algorithm. Any time you load a thread with more than a few comments, there's like 5 trolls on top with bullshit comments.