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Replying to @JiriKurto @clairlemon and
Blocking on social media is not equivalent to censoring, silencing, or deplatforming. You have the right to speak. Someone else has the right to opt out of listening to you speak. It’s quite simple, really.
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Replying to @JiriKurto @mjaeckel and
Thought policing (what you are doing by insisting what is rude or moral is up to you) is MORE censorious than blocking your irrational blather. You can still rant. But you are insisting others yield their freedom of expression to YOUR authority. Stop. Now.
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Replying to @SlagOffTwits @JiriKurto and
This isn't the time or place for it, but I'm really fascinated by the different strategies people prefer re blocking, muting, etc. I essentially never do it, but I'm increasingly persuaded by the "you are what you give your attention to" mindset. Would love to see tweets on this!
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Replying to @webdevMason
I often mute discussions I'm not interested in or that appear unproductive. Less often mute people. And less often block. But for people I call "time vampires", that refuse honest discourse, I have no qualms about using either option.
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To be clear, I don't think people should ever really have qualms about disengaging. I often find myself thinking better of people who suddenly cut out of a social media discussion that's gone toxic, and if they had to block/mute/etc. to avoid the temptation, all the power to 'em
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