An academic who I do not know just came into my mentions with blatant transphobia & homophobia (as a response to a retweet about the Gender Recognition Act). I noticed several academics I respect follow this person. I am a bit surprised, to say the least.
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What they said got them an instant block from me. I can imagine that more people may like to block, mute or unfollow. If anybody wants to know who & what they said, they can check my mentions or feel free to DM me. I just don't want to quote tweet & spread the person's message.
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Follows aren’t endorsement but in this case they may follow you as well. I had a certain (hostile) academic follow me after he went on a tirade against a lot of people I respect and regularly interact with on Twitter...
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...they may have blocked him but they can still get a sense of their activity by monitoring people who regularly RTs them so I blocked
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