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'Block the Blue' takes on Elon Musk's $8 blue check marks in a full scale Revolt on Twitter [1]
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Date: 2023-04-22
Elon Musk started pushing Twitter accounts with the $8 dollar blue checkmark to the top starting on April 20th. That has now resulted in a full scale revolt on Twitter. ‘Block The Blue’ started trending on Twitter today. They were advocating blocking anyone with a blue checkmark. It took off like a Space X rocket today. Accounts associated with Anonymous are leading the charge.
x it looks like Twitter just suspended the @BlockTheBlue account
https://t.co/FfB8bpzfIg pic.twitter.com/PpldHwjIKp — Matt Binder (@MattBinder) April 21, 2023
x Read this and tell me this platform isn't going down like a lead balloon—and not the sort that gave us "Whole Lotta Love," either
https://t.co/RixqhyK7a2 — Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) April 22, 2023
Elon is now franticly trying to hit the abort button. Now the accounts promoting the “Block the Blue” are being suspended on Twitter. That resulted in a wave of anger and resentment, and it is growing like wildfire.
x Before Block the Blue was banned, its account had almost twice as many followers than Twitter Blue has subscribers today. pic.twitter.com/I1Q3eLEFyF — Tʀᴀᴠᴇʀɴ (@travern82) April 21, 2023
Now Elon is trying to muddy the waters by giving blue checkmarks to the proponents of ‘Block the Blue’.
x NEWS: Twitter trolls the “Block The Blue” movement by giving their biggest proponents Twitter Blue. pic.twitter.com/lpgeTE3giN — T(w)itter Daily News (@TitterDaily) April 22, 2023
Popcorn time!
x It appears that Elon has now blocked nonpayers' ability to see verified notifications to make it harder for us to mass block/mute the blue checks. Just humiliating for him and this platform pic.twitter.com/J005HVqGuT — Laura Bassett (@LEBassett) April 22, 2023
x Musk is controlling and pushing the RW/extreme narrative until he sinks the platform for good. Just another way to get rid of someone with a blue check under “block the blue”. Find another platform, we will all have to eventually. pic.twitter.com/hTQkRzzCpq — Just Sayin' it Like it IS ⚠️☮️ (@OaktownHappy) April 22, 2023
x #BlockTheBlueChecks is not "just a petty retaliation" against Musk.
"Verification used to mean a person was like an actor or a journalist or something and now it means they’re a white nationalist with 30 followers or they’re hawking crypto or s/t"
https://t.co/LS8UgeofZB — Pete Quily (@pqpolitics) April 22, 2023
x Elon and Dril are in a battle of wills now. Dril backed "block the blue" so Elon gave him a blue check to own him, then Dril changes his username to get rid of it, rinse and repeat. pic.twitter.com/msbR8MnxLf — Random Small Streamer Chick (@IreneGellar) April 22, 2023
Elon Musk has lost control of the narrative on Twitter. Like he lost control of the SpaceX Rocket the other day.
Earlier today ‘Climate Hoax’ was to top trending topic, while ‘Earth Day’ was nowhere to be seen. It sure seems like the topic of Earth Day was being suppressed.
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