The red X on twitter? โŒ

23  2018-09-07 by McFluffTheCrimeCat

So I keep seeing a string of user names, all trumpets, with an โŒ before or after their name. Whatโ€™s it mean?

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Meanwhile, a report released by New York-based VICE News, demonstrated that Twitter had shadow banned prominent Republicans, which means it limited the visibility of their names from appearing in search results. Protesting the discriminatory policies, mostly right wing and conservative activists, called on supporters or people who have been shadow banned to place a large red X beside their names.

What a bunch of nerds! ๐Ÿ˜‚

Tips pussy hat

Ah, so it's one of those awareness campaigns where you can't tell what it's about unless you were already aware. Love those guys.

The scarlet letter was their passport into corners of the internet where other users dared not tread. Shame, Despair, Solitude! These had been their teachers โ€” stern and wild ones, โ€” and they had made them strong, but taught them much amiss.

quoting literatureshit

๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿคฎ

What are those emojis you're using supposed to be? I don't use Nigerian phones so I can't see it.

Feminine penii

It means they're sperging out. It's similar to when they added frogs after the SPLC thing or Deplorable after the Hillary quote

When you see that, you can just automatically assume that it's an idiot, who spends too much time on the internet.

The โŒ symbol serves as a self applied notice that the user is most likely an alt right retard larping as a lolbertarian. I often mute them in order to help them manifest the reality that they have imagined for themselves.

admitting to Twitter use

lol tard

As far as I know I am not blocked from large swaths of twatter for following the wrong person and I get to quote tweet and @ people to my hearts content. Here not so much anymore.

Twitter user

go huff farts

All those buzzwords.

>using twitter