--- title: "People Are Mad They Aren’t Getting Attention on Twitter After Paying for Twitter Blue" description: "It very much looks like a lot of Twitter Blue subscribers are angry that their genius tweets aren't getting algorithmic priority yet." date: "2023-03-12" modified: "2023-03-12" authors: - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré" job_title: "Senior Staff Writer" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/people-mad-twitter-blue" categories: - "Future Society" tags: - "elon musk" - "social media" - "the digest" - "twitter" --- # People Are Mad They Aren’t Getting Attention on Twitter After Paying for Twitter Blue ![It very much looks like a lot of Twitter Blue subscribers are angry that their genius tweets aren't getting algorithmic priority yet.]() *\Image: Getty / Futurism\* ## Daddy Issues Despite the fact that Twitter Blue — Twitter CEO Elon Musk's monthly subscription plan that offers customers [pay-to-play blue verification checkmarks]() — [states]() that algorithmic priority for subscribers is still "Coming Soon," it looks like a lot of Twitter Blue-ers are disappointed that their genius tweets aren't going viral. "It actually didn't even occur to me that people paying for Twitter Blue may have thought they were also paying to get more retweets," [tweeted]() writer and podcast host Ryan Broderick. "Incredible." The frustration, which ranged from rage to confusion and disappointment, is palpable. Some folks on the app really do appear to have missed the whole "coming soon" thing, and are expecting Musk to magically make their tweets go viral. "I'm paying $8 a month now. How about removing the algorithms that hide my original tweets?" [tweeted]() one particularly perturbed subscriber in a since-deleted tweet. "I have good content, but I get NO Retweets on my original tweets. This is a slap in the face to me!" "Do you only respond to followers with super high followers?" [another wrote](). "I say some good shit man!" https://twitter.com/broderick/status/1633933252087152640 ## Chief Twit To these subscribers' credit, we too would probably hope for a bit of an algorithmic boost if we decided to pay monthly for a free app. But unfortunately for them, we're not holding our breath for Musk to make good on his promises. While the company has promised that Twitter Blue will one day "rocket" its subscribers to "the top of replies, mentions and search," there are *a lot* of things wrong with the platform right now, suggesting that boosting paying subscribers isn't exactly top of mind. The company's staff is woefully thin, especially in light of the most recent round of mass layoffs, and the site's infrastructure has seen its [fair share of downtime]() as of late. Unless one of Musk's favorite mutuals starts complaining about the same thing, we'd be pretty surprised if this particular grievance is attended to anytime soon. And besides, as we all know, there's only one person that gets any real [algorithmically-engineered]() favoritism — and that's [Chief Twit himself](). **More on algorithmic favoritism:** [*Busted! Fame-obsessed Elon Musk Ordered Twitter to Make His Tweets Show up Everywhere*]() ## Author At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride." ### Author social links [Bluesky]()