Twitter’s NFT profile picture feature on iOS devices might just not sit well as the entire crypto concept to some users. A popular Github contributor has built a browser plugin that autoblocks Twitter accounts using NFT profile pictures.
That was a speedy response. A github contributor named mcclure has written and released a browser plugin that automatically disables Twitter accounts using an NFT profile photo within 24 hours after the availability of the Twitter nonfungible token, or NFT, profile pictures for iOS update.
NFTBlocker is an application that prevents paid customers of the Twitter Blue for iOS service from using an NFT as their profile image.
On the desktop, the extension works with Chrome and Firefox, and while it’s still a prototype, “future versions of this plugin will check your alerts and do the blocking automatically,” according to the developers.
But why would someone create such a program? It’s because NFTs are an “investment fraud,” according to mcclure’s README.
They’re not afraid to say what they’re thinking:
“In short, NFT users are just irritating to be around. People who bought NFTs have to keep hyping other people to buy NFTs or the NFTs they bought will lose value. Twitter NFT cliques are rife with sockpuppet accounts, dogpiling and indifferentiable monkey clones. Blocking NFT users just makes Twitter nicer.”
To ban NFT profile photo users, the web creator suggests utilizing the app Better TweetDek.
mcclure, on the other hand, appears to be uninformed about the main motivation behind Twitter’s decision to use NFTs. Mcclure states in the README section that Jack Dorsey “is involved in bitcoin and will make money if Twitter makes NFTs more popular.”
While Jack Dorsey has a sizable cryptocurrency portfolio, he has shown little interest in NFTs since stepping down as Twitter’s CEO last year.
Under his new role as CEO of Block, he has dedicated his career to promoting Bitcoin use, mining, and development. He just launched the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund and Cash App’s lightning payment integration.
