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Unicode thanks Blue Blocker, our newest Silver Sponsor!

Posted by zakhar
Tags: unicode, unicode consortium, blue blocker
https://twitter.com/unicode/status/1689410184467329024
@The Unicode Consortium:
Unicode thanks Blue Blocker, our newest Silver Sponsor! #UnicodeSponsor https://t.co/vW4kLZatXU pic.twitter.com/N6SeKwIIAs

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The Unicode Consortium on Twitter: "Unicode thanks Blue Blocker, our newest Silver Sponsor! #UnicodeSponsor https://t.co/vW4kLZatXU pic.twitter.com/N6SeKwIIAs / Twitter"
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The Unicode Consortium
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11 comments

  1. [9]
    zakhar
    Link
    I happened to notice this while browsing http://unicode.org/consortium/adopted-characters.html and thought it was pretty clever. The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit that maintains the unicode...

    I happened to notice this while browsing http://unicode.org/consortium/adopted-characters.html and thought it was pretty clever.

    The Unicode Consortium is a non-profit that maintains the unicode standard. One of the ways they make money is via donations that get associated with a specific character.

    https://github.com/kheina-com/Blue-Blocker is the shiny new sponsor of the letter 𝕏.

    11 votes
    1. [7]
      zoroa
      Link Parent
      Worth pointing out for people who don't click the link that Blue Blocker is an extension that automatically blocks people who have 𝕏 Blue.

      https://github.com/kheina-com/Blue-Blocker is the shiny new sponsor of the letter 𝕏.

      Worth pointing out for people who don't click the link that Blue Blocker is an extension that automatically blocks people who have Twitter 𝕏 Blue.

      11 votes
      1. [6]
        Erymanthus
        Link Parent
        What are they even gonna name the monthly subscription service now that the logo of the birdsite is just a Unicode character?

        What are they even gonna name the monthly subscription service now that the logo of the birdsite is just a Unicode character?

        3 votes
        1. [5]
          whs
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          Twitter Blue is now X Premium, TweetDeck now X Pro and Retweet now Repost

          Twitter Blue is now X Premium, TweetDeck now X Pro and Retweet now Repost

          3 votes
          1. [4]
            tanglisha
            Link Parent
            They took something they could copyright and replaced it with something they can't. I just now realized this.

            They took something they could copyright and replaced it with something they can't. I just now realized this.

            5 votes
            1. [2]
              lel
              Link Parent
              Everything he has done has been so funny. He bought an asset that essentially got its value from three places: (1) Being advertiser-friendly and having one of the biggest userbases of any website...

              Everything he has done has been so funny. He bought an asset that essentially got its value from three places:

              (1) Being advertiser-friendly and having one of the biggest userbases of any website in the world to draw advertising revenue,
              (2) Having an existing code base that was solid and worked, and
              (3) Being one of the most famous and recognizable brands to literally ever exist, with multiple dictionary entries, etc.

              And he (1) drove away oodles of users while also pissing off advertisers by getting rid of verification for companies and turning the website into a nazi / child porn-friendly nightmare realm, so now all the ads are for dick pills, pyramid schemes, and fake colleges, (2) fired every employee which then broke the code base so the website crashes every day and everyone can only view a few posts a day, and (3) just replaced, again, one of the most recognizable brands to ever exist with something completely unmarketable.

              It's a crash course in how to bring an asset's value to zero.

              3 votes
              1. arrza
                Link Parent
                I can't wait for someone to troll him by starting another social media site called x. I would sign up right away.

                I can't wait for someone to troll him by starting another social media site called x. I would sign up right away.

                1 vote
            2. updawg
              Link Parent
              Good Guy Elon is doing everything he can to stop Mickey Mouse's stranglehold over the copyright.

              Good Guy Elon is doing everything he can to stop Mickey Mouse's stranglehold over the copyright.

    2. tanglisha
      Link Parent
      Oh, thank you for explaining. I'm sleepy and all I could think of were the sunglasses.

      Oh, thank you for explaining. I'm sleepy and all I could think of were the sunglasses.

      1 vote
  2. [2]
    Goodtoknow
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    This is a cheeky form of protest I like. On another note I don't know why the Unicode consortium needs sponsors though when Apple, Microsoft, Google and other Large firms sit on their board.

    This is a cheeky form of protest I like. On another note I don't know why the Unicode consortium needs sponsors though when Apple, Microsoft, Google and other Large firms sit on their board.

    4 votes