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Re: Ad-free Twitter with 1 line of CSS

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I currently pay for Twitter Blue; I would pay double for no ads. Hopefully that possibility is considered alongside “assigning an engineer to obfuscate the CSS”.

Twitter Blue didn't even remove ads? What the hell is the point then?

To get the blue tick. As of today, it now gives encrypted DMs too, but I can't see many people sharing sensitive data over a Twitter DM.

Re: Ad-free Twitter with 1 line of CSS

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I would have paid for Twitter years ago if I didn’t have to see ads or recommendations, or anything else other than what I chose to follow. I swear, I’ve always wanted to see the stuff I was interested in and not all the other garbage. These days, I only land on Twitter when I follow a link about an interesting topic. I scroll a bit and I start seeing politics, memes, posts, images, tweets, messages and all sorts of…

I don’t see any ads or recommendations, or anything else except exactly what I choose to follow: https://lee-phillips.org/howtotwitter/

Re: Ad-free Twitter with 1 line of CSS

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I currently pay for Twitter Blue; I would pay double for no ads. Hopefully that possibility is considered alongside “assigning an engineer to obfuscate the CSS”.

Wait, the Twitter subscription service doesn't remove ads already? That's wild, I guess I just assumed that it would.

It reduces the amount of ads, but isn't ad free

Re: Ad-free Twitter with 1 line of CSS

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Twitter Blue didn't even remove ads? What the hell is the point then?

To get the blue tick. As of today, it now gives encrypted DMs too, but I can't see many people sharing sensitive data over a Twitter DM.

I think it also allows longer tweets. Not sure what their character limit is.

Re: Ad-free Twitter with 1 line of CSS

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To get the blue tick. As of today, it now gives encrypted DMs too, but I can't see many people sharing sensitive data over a Twitter DM.

I think it also allows longer tweets. Not sure what their character limit is.

Oh yeah! 10,000 character limit for Twitter Blue users.

Re: Ad-free Twitter with 1 line of CSS

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post #5

I currently pay for Twitter Blue; I would pay double for no ads. Hopefully that possibility is considered alongside “assigning an engineer to obfuscate the CSS”.

Twitter Blue didn't even remove ads? What the hell is the point then?

The point is to make a monthly donation to show your allegiance to the world’s second-richest man. It’s like a cult membership fee. You get a little graphical badge to show you’ve paid, like a virtual lapel pin.

Re: Ad-free Twitter with 1 line of CSS

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post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Twitter Blue didn't even remove ads? What the hell is the point then?

The point is to make a monthly donation to show your allegiance to the world’s second-richest man. It’s like a cult membership fee. You get a little graphical badge to show you’ve paid, like a virtual lapel pin.

I heard someone use "blue tick wanker" as a real life insult the other day.

Re: Ad-free Twitter with 1 line of CSS

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post #5

I currently pay for Twitter Blue; I would pay double for no ads. Hopefully that possibility is considered alongside “assigning an engineer to obfuscate the CSS”.

Twitter Blue didn't even remove ads? What the hell is the point then?

Blue ticks are helpful because you can identify and mute them with JS and the Musk-lead narcissism.
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