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Because 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
by kevincrane 3y ago
Because 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]
- 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
- 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.
- 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.