stoiclime@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoTwitter Blue subscribers can now hide their blue checkswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square106fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down120cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1176arrow-down1external-linkTwitter Blue subscribers can now hide their blue checkswww.theverge.comstoiclime@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square106fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squaredrasticpotatoes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·1 year agoIf you want to hide something it implies that there is shame in it.
minus-squareMeanEYE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoI would assume that’s because, at least partially, because there’s an abundance of addons which automatically block blue checks.
minus-squarejonne@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoIt 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.
minus-squareThorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThere are other reasons too. I’m not ashamed of being moderator on a online forum but I don’t want it to show next to my name when I’m not moderating. I’m also not ashamed that my truck is a 4x4 but I still don’t want the badge on my tailgate.
minus-squaredrasticpotatoes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI didn’t finish my thought. My bad. I meant in cases like this, not in general.
If you want to hide something it implies that there is shame in it.
I would assume that’s because, at least partially, because there’s an abundance of addons which automatically block blue checks.
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.
There are other reasons too.
I’m not ashamed of being moderator on a online forum but I don’t want it to show next to my name when I’m not moderating.
I’m also not ashamed that my truck is a 4x4 but I still don’t want the badge on my tailgate.
Fair points.
Not necessarily
I didn’t finish my thought. My bad. I meant in cases like this, not in general.