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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 16 Feb 2021

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

      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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      zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
      Replying to @BrendanNyhan
      A: [Statement that's true] Random B: [Oh, that surprises you?] I started blocking them! There are people who sit on their keyboards all day telling others—who never asked them—that what they just said is obvious. And then others reply to them. And then my mentions are unusable.
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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 16 Feb 2021

      I've never had a useful interaction with any of the above categories, and they are just cluttering up my mentions especially since others then respond to them, and it's an endless, pointless series of pings that hide any signal that may hide in my mentions.

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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 16 Feb 2021

      I didn't tag someone already on Twitter myself? Yeah, I'm not an idiot, thank you. Immediate block if you tag them *in my mentions*. Go talk to them separately if you want. People wanting to start fights are not doing something healthy and life's too short.

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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 16 Feb 2021

      You think my points are obvious? Happy to relieve you of them! Especially since "oh, you're surprised" adds nothing whatsoever. Point out something obvious I missed? I'm grateful. Object to it substantively? Grateful. Just uselessly smug? On your own time and dime.

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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 16 Feb 2021

      Finally, I write a lengthy, detailed article about something. Someone comes with a "have you tried rebooting it" type comment as if I'm a novice, and an idiot, and clueless? I used to tolerate and then realized nothing good ever comes out of that because of the clutter they add.

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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 16 Feb 2021

      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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    7. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 16 Feb 2021

      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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    8. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 16 Feb 2021

      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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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 16 Feb 2021

      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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        1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 16 Feb 2021

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted zeynep tufekci

          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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          zeynep tufekciVerified account @zeynep
          Replying to @ariehkovler
          Yep. Yep. Yep. I'll write some lengthy piece about, say, federated machine learning, that's actually published in an industry magazine like Wired and some dude will be in my mentions saying stuff like "machine learning require a lot of data." Really? Had no idea.
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        1. tryin to be cool‏ @Felix_Kreller 16 Feb 2021
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          shouldn't this be part of twitter's tool box for more prominent accounts? (beyond manual blocking)

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        1. Fix California Housing Party anyone?‏ @FlipperForty 16 Feb 2021
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          Blocking and mutes are the best, use them frequently!

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        1. Steve undercover brother Rogers‏ @umanoid 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          I occasionally mute. I always block trolls. I use Botsentinel which gives you a good idea if they're trolls. If they rank high enough a take a look at their accounts. I occasionally respond with I'm blocking because they're trolls with a high bot ranking. Satisfying!

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        2. Anne Applebaum‏Verified account @anneapplebaum 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @zeynep

          I just block anyone who annoys me for any reason, because life is short. And try to remember never to argue about anything on Twitter.

          3 replies 1 retweet 35 likes
        3. David Clinch‏Verified account @DavidClinchNews 16 Feb 2021
          Replying to @anneapplebaum @zeynep

          I try not to block people unless it is absolutely necessary but that may say more about my white male privilege than anything else :)

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        1. Petrit Selimi‏Verified account @Petrit 16 Feb 2021
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          I was just wondering, if I may? How many people have you blocked in total?

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        1. Hersh‏ @HershAcharya 16 Feb 2021
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          glad to hear this, focus on what matters! Onwards and upwards! Always a pleasure to read your writing. Especially the substack.

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