Thread by @SimonFRCox

Thread on me & my take on Twittiquette / blocking for (new) followers - and trolls. 1/

I tweet mostly on politics (UK/international) & law.

Sometimes I tweet and RT a lot. Sometimes not at all.

I try to be explicit - to minimise “read between the lines” of my tweets.

But I also use GIFs.

RT/like ≠ agreement (unless you know I like you).
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I try and engage. If you tweet me the way you’d like to be tweeted at, you’re likely to get a (serious) response.

I realise it’s easy to misunderstand and be misunderstood here.

I aspire to patience/kindness. But also - I am so not perfect. 3/

I’m not Google. If you ask me a Q that Google/Wikipedia/Wiktionary answers, I may ignore you. 4/

If you want to know what I think about X, or why I think Y, ask me.

If you’re asking so you can wind-up or pile-on I will probably realise and *yawn* block you. 5/

If you disagree with me & want an argument, your best chance of getting one is to point to *words in my tweet* and *tell me why you disagree* with it. 6/

I can be really blunt. If I’m being blunt to you it’s because of how I’ve understood your tweets. 7/

I usually warn before I block someone based on their tweets at me. I realise we can misspeak & misunderstand.

If you want to be unblocked ask one of my mutuals to DM me. 8/

I delete/correct my tweets if I think they are unfair/misleading.

If I’ve said something wrong or unfair about *you*, tweet or DM me and tell me how it’s wrong. (NB, opinion statements about another’s political stance are different from factual claims about their behaviour. 9/9