But you curate your block list. What you do with your blocking is your own business. That is a little different than using blocking software that you do not cre

But you curate your block list. What you do with your blocking is your own business. That is a little different than using blocking software that you do not create/maintain. Her software, according to the readme [0]: > Good Game Auto Blocker compares the follower lists for a given set of Twitter accounts. If anyone is found to be following more than one of these accounts, they are added to a list and blocked. Most discussions of ggautoblocker are referencing the GamerGate-specific block list. The GamerGate block list filters the majority of Twitter interactions by GamerGate supporters. This list is maintained and shared by the author, Randi Harper, as well as a number of volunteers. Are you curious about this whole (debacle? flamewar? never-ending argumet?) and want to follow notable people on both sides of the argument? Well, her software just blocked you. Gamergate is perceived by some people to be a hate group [1]. So now, by association, this software has categorized a potentially innocent use of twitter as being representative of membership in a potential hate group. There is an appeals process [2] for being removed from the list, I should note. I would love to hear from anyone who has experience with the appeals process. How would you (not just you, tptacek, but the general you) feel if you were on the blocked list? I wouldn't want to be associated with this whole mess at all. As always, if I'm misunderstanding how this software works, please let me know. [0]: https://github.com/freebsdgirl/ggautoblocker https://github.com/freebsdgirl/ggautoblocker [1]: http://jezebel.com/gamergate-trolls-arent-ethics-crusaders-theyre-a-hate-1644984010 http://jezebel.com/gamergate-trolls-arent-ethics-crusaders-t... [2]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14iu4XVTKw2tSAlv3x8ktxQfz550bB_EtoUjNYIdPCpk/edit https://docs.google.com/document/d/14iu4XVTKw2tSAlv3x8ktxQfz...