Mashable: Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to ‘Block the Blue’ paid checkmarks

Mashable: Dril and other Twitter power users begin campaign to ‘Block the Blue’ paid checkmarks. “To stress how important @dril is to Twitter, let’s put it this way: Last month, Platformer reported(opens in a new tab) on a secret ‘VIP’ list of just 35 popular accounts that Musk wanted to promote(opens in a new tab) to users via the algorithm to encourage more use of the platform. That list included NBA star LeBron James, President Joe Biden, YouTube’s most subscribed creator Mr. Beast, and @dril. ‘I am actively rooting for the downfall of twitter,’ @dril tells me. ‘I hope to sabotage their efforts to become profitable, no matter how futile, in the hopes that they will eventually close up shop and release us all from this toilet.'”