I try not to block actual criticism but things I've started pretty much automatically blocking to make Twitter usable: Snitch-tagging; "Oh you're surprised?" reply guys; People who respond to an article *I* wrote with a point made in the article as if I could have no idea.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1361678304793808897 …
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I wish Twitter let us pin a separate block policy thread so people know. And finally, my experience from before I blocked is that these categories have a lot of repeat offenders so blocking just a few useless repeat offenders really improved my mentions.
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Why not mute? I tried. Because people reply to them (which I see) and others see them and affects the quality of the discussion I do want to have, and also because snitch-taggers can work even when muted. I mute some non malicious people who just say the same thing a lot.
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Other than that, I truly and honestly appreciate people who object to something I write or say, or have a point I missed, or point out something that I may not like but is actually a point. Even when it gets testy and contentious as it does with opinionated people. That's fine.
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Finally, this is an attempt to be able to hear real criticism and feedback in my mentions. If I don't do this, the roar of the people who make the most obvious points back to me or are just uselessly smug will drown others out. The smug and stupid minority are very repetitive.
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What I mean by the kind of thing I do block—because these people are repeat offenders with no any useful content. I don't mean disagreement, even if testy and contentious. I mean pointing out to me the most basic thing about a field I work and write in.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/1361685049268133888 …
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I call it "curating". It's part of being a user of Twitter for serious purposes.
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This sounds horribly frustrating and I think trying to block out the noise, figuratively and literally, is wise.
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1) If an argument is strong enough, you'll convince the other party to the extent where they think it's obvious 2) It's amazing how often "we knew that" comes back to "we heard it rumoured" which is a long way off "all the evidence is in and it's proven"
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sheesh, if people imply that *you're* an idiot, the rest of us have no hope at all.
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There are a lot of mansplainers out there.
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