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Block early, block often. Think twice before following someone.
by garmaine 6y ago
Block early, block often. Think twice before following someone.
- chrisseaton 6y agoPeople seem to get furious about being blocked. I’ve seen people post publicly the name of the person who blocked them demanding an explanation. It seems to escalate things rather than calm them down.
- coldtea 6y agoThankfully with blocking you don't get to see these people ever again...
- chrisseaton 6y agoOut of sight out of mind I guess... but meanwhile they're out there trying to shame you in front of your peers.
- garmaine 6y agoAnd you should care because...? This isn’t high school.
- chrisseaton 6y ago> And you should care because...? Because your peers will only get their side of the story while they're criticising you. > This isn’t high school. Sorry not sure what you mean here. What does school have to do with it?
- sct202 6y agoAlternatively you can mute them which is more discreet.
- FroshKiller 6y agoI published all my blocks with rationales to whyiblockedyou.com for a while. Then I decided to get serious about just banning networks of white nationalists en masse instead of blocking one user at a time.
- chrisseaton 6y agoDo you block people just for using promoted Tweets in any way?
- FroshKiller 6y agoI sure do!
- raffraffraff 6y agoDoesn't that just reinforce the echo chamber? I don't actually use Twitter or Facebook, and I deleted my Reddit, so I'm not the one to talk. But my wife uses Twitter a lot and has managed to get into conversations that are very hard to keep civil. She has found several approaches that work without blocking. 1. Only enable notifications and DMs from mutual follows. People who get into pile ons don't tend to follow their "arch enemies" to do so (because their followers would not like them to follow "the wrong people"). You have full control over who can pester you. 2. Walk away from conversations if your get harrassed, bored or annoyed, but be clear that you are doing it. "This is going nowhere and it's getting late. I'm muting this thread". Again, you have control. If you imagine getting into a heated debate in the pub, this is the equivalent of leaving the table to talk to another group. It gives you the ability to peacefully walk away, and deny someone the opportunity to keep arguing with you against your will. 3. Realise that people don't change their minds during an argument. Always give them room to back down. A cornered animal will always lash out, and we are just animals. 4. Always be clear and civil. Be generous. Don't assume that people are acting out of malice. 5. In sometime is a toxic person who causes pile ons, quote tweets you, intentionally misrepresents you by cherry picking your comments out of context, doxes etc, block the fuck out of them.
- alkonaut 6y ago> Doesn't that just reinforce the echo chamber? Yes. Twitter is fantastic only if you accept that you can’t have arguments on it. It’s just not a good idea. But not all conversation requires disagreement. Also: I use Twitter as a news feed. I don’t tweet, just read. For me it’s the successor of rss.
- iso1210 6y agoTwitter is the kind of place to tell you SHUT YOUR FESTERING GOB, YOU TIT! YOUR TYPE MAKES ME PUKE! YOU VACUOUS TOFFEE-NOSED MALODOROUS PERVERT!!! I'm not sure where John Cleese would be, but I don't think it would help
- DoofusOfDeath 6y ago
- johnchristopher 6y agoAnd disable retweets.
- garmaine 6y agoWhat’s the point of that? You must use Twitter quite differently than I do. Retweets are most of the commentary I consume and produce.