The Master Troll Elon Musk Bans the “Block the Blue” Twitter Account and Starts Giving Its Biggest Proponents Twitter Blue for Free

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Trolling is considered a veritable rite of passage in the Musk-verse, providing an avenue for Elon Musk to not only vent his frustration but also lead his supporters on a “jolly good” ride of sorts. After earning the dreaded ire of Elon Musk a few hours back, the “Block the Blue” movement now finds itself besieged by hefty counterattacks launched by the CEO of Tesla and Twitter. And the drama has yet to reach a satisfying climax.

For the benefit of those who might be unaware, Twitter began removing the legacy blue tick marks that denoted the “verified” status of an account on Thursday. From here on, the coveted blue tick marks will only appear for those accounts that pay the $8 per month subscription fee.

#BlockTheBlueChecks is not "just a petty retaliation" against Musk.

"Verification used to mean a person was like an actor or a journalist or something and now it means they’re a white nationalist with 30 followers or they’re hawking crypto or s/t"https://t.co/LS8UgeofZB

— Pete Quily (@pqpolitics) April 22, 2023

As Twitter embarked on its blue-axing campaign with apparent gusto, the creator of The Block List – an automated app that allows users the ability to seamlessly block accounts that are deemed undesirable – created the @BlockTheBlue Twitter account to penalize those Twitter users who’ve opted to add to Elon Musk’s already-sizable coffers.

From there, things escalated pretty quickly. First, the Block the Blue account was itself banned.

Before Block the Blue was banned, its account had almost twice as many followers than Twitter Blue has subscribers today. pic.twitter.com/I1Q3eLEFyF

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