> they retweet some more polarised stuff from others That's true, but: a) in my experience, those tweets are the vast minority of what I see, probably less th

> they retweet some more polarised stuff from others That's true, but: a) in my experience, those tweets are the vast minority of what I see, probably less than 1% b) I just ignore them This happens in real life too. I have friends with broadly similar outlooks who, from time-to-time, say something I don't agree with. Sometimes I'll choose to engage, and this is always more productive than engaging on Twitter in similar circumstances, I fully accept that. But I'll often just change the subject or otherwise ignore them, and I find that's a perfectly viable tactic on twitter too.