It really does seem like he’s -trying- to kill it
Comment on X’s Premium users can no longer hide their blue checks
youngalfred@lemm.ee 7 months agoIirc just recently they started giving out blue ticks to people with lots of followers, regardless of if they wanted it. Then this week they make it so you can’t hide them. It seems like a dim move - piss off the people who bring lots of traffic to your website, but actively decided to not get a blue tick, by forcing the tick on them.
If they didn’t leave beforehand, maybe this would make some people/orgs consider leaving?
GardenVarietyAnxiety@lemmy.world 7 months ago
zeppo@lemmy.world 7 months ago
He’s been forcing blue checks on people since the initial change - with Stephen King, for instance. Basically a way to promote the program and make it look like prominent people are paying, but also a confused mix with the previous verification check marks: