listen, if you see someone responds to a tweet with "JewSA" it's totally
to block them even if you're not their target
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Michael Wiik Retweeted Michael Wiik
I acknowledge your right to your opinion. I attempt to preach calmness & depolarization.https://twitter.com/mwiik/status/795996397246017537 …
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blocking is not a very strong statement nor does it, by itself, increase polarization.
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treating the offender as a dangerous node and disabling all their edges in the graph isolates the risk they represent.
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I leave it up to people (especially vulnerable people) to decide how much they feel comfortable with persuasion, but 1/
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there are some people who are self evidently operating in bad faith, spewing venom and not persuadable. 2/2
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broad moral claims about "you have to engage every person on Twitter" are just bizarre.
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I don't engage every person on twitter. I sometimes ignore, & sometimes mute. I don't want to get angry enough to block. YMMV
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oh, no, it has nothing to do with anger. Not even a bit. Everything to do with being safe.
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My stated approaches are based on my current experience. They're not written in stone.
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the problem is that you're speaking morally. Some of us have experienced virulent enough attacks to block.
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By all means. I repeatedly said YMMV. otoh, I've seen others block people, & take pride in doing so, for minor disagreements.
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