Musk's designed-to-fail Twitter paid blue checks now lets the suckers who paid hide the blue check.
https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/2/23816924/twitter-x-blue-subscribers-hide-blue-check-option
This is because having a blue check marked them as suckers and/or trolls.
Dan Gillmor /
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2023-08-02 23:18:29
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