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> people who need to be engaged Who needs to be engaged with? On Twitter, you choose who to follow. Why in the world would you have an obligation to listen to
by _qulr 6y ago
> people who need to be engaged
Who needs to be engaged with? On Twitter, you choose who to follow. Why in the world would you have an obligation to listen to random strangers who want to argue with you? Imagine if you were in a restaurant talking with your friends, some stranger sitting at another table overheard you, and then decided to come over and butt into the conversation? And when the stranger is told to go away, they complain "You're talking in a public place where people can hear you, what did you expect?" And somehow the stranger feels that they're wronged by that.
- readflaggedcomm 6y agoOne man's need is not your obligation, and Twitter is a public place. I don't understand your analogy.
- _qulr 6y ago> One man's need is not your obligation I don't understand your reply. > Twitter is a public place. I don't understand your analogy. The point is that in order to meet other people, you have to go out into the public. But that doesn't mean you want to meet with and talk with anyone and everyone out in the public. It's a terrible tradeoff if the only way you can get pleasant social interaction with others is to also suffer unpleasant social interaction with strangers who want to argue with you. None of us designed Twitter. We have to take it as it is. Twitter is public, yes, but that's not an excuse for you personally to debate with every stranger you happen to disagree with. That's not on Twitter, that's on you.
- readflaggedcomm 6y agoYou personally debating every stranger is not the same thing as not blocking anybody who gets a rise out of you. Maybe that clears the confusion.