@philrmcknight's Journal, 17 September 2019

The Phenomenon of the Phantom Blocker; I use Twitter, even though I was recently permanently suspended for telling far right clown shoes Tomi Lahren that she should stick to giving opinions about things she's actually qualified to talk about, like hair care products.

I made a comeback and reclaimed all of my followers, and then some, Twitter is a peculiar beast in that Twitter is all, "Join Twitter! It's fun!", and then like, "Don't have too much fun on Twitter or we will limit your junk!"

Bipolarity of the platform aside, the users there can be quite confounding. For example, what I call the, "Phantom Block", this is when you become aware that a Twitter user with whom you have had zero interaction has got you on block, like, "What could I have possibly done to offend this freaking snowflake?" Apparently some people use what's called, "block chains", though admittedly I have no clue what those are, some sort of automation application, no doubt, which Twitter the platform doesn't like. I used Follow-Hound for list management purposes and Twitter did not like that, at all.

So these Phantom Blockers, what annoys me is that I didn't get the opportunity to properly offend these people and earn their damn block. At any rate, what is something you would preemptively block someone for, either on Twitter or here on Fat Secret, if blocking were an option? Poor usage of grammar might be on my list of qualifiers.

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17 Sep 19 by member: AboutMyTribe
I am not on any social media and I don't regret it. I do like to be private on this site of course but I would block a small number of people if I could. I don't like it when people insult others. I like to read about people's experience, about wellness and some posts where people share information can be very interesting.  
17 Sep 19 by member: Ireland-83
Posting a large photo of an animal their relative just killed so I can unwittingly stumble upon said photo while eating my meal and coming to the nutrition site I log my meals on. As if putting a little text warning over the giant picture that is the first thing one sees on the computer monitor can unring that bell. 
17 Sep 19 by member: kpwcalories
Unpleasant personality 
17 Sep 19 by member: gz9gjg
I did a bulk block on FB, just deleted my account :) 
17 Sep 19 by member: rgaDawg
I've considered deleting facebook. I'm anonymous on Twitter and prefer it that way, way too many political titty babies on my friends and family list on facebook.  
18 Sep 19 by member: @philrmcknight
Trying to sell me MLM products and or spreading conspiracy theories, junk science with ZERO science background.  
18 Sep 19 by member: ohwell561
Oi, yeah, Pizzagate Retards.  
18 Sep 19 by member: @philrmcknight
drama, people who just complain and complain.  
18 Sep 19 by member: angel_face0145
Hubris is also on my list of possible pre-qualifiers.  
18 Sep 19 by member: @philrmcknight
I only block people who want to use social forums as a dating site. I really hate being asked questions you know they are obviously looking for a date. I keep thinking...Don't they read? I have down that I'm married. I am only interested in my husband and he reads my blogs, because I have nothing to hide. Fat Secret is one of the few social sites that I don't have that problem. 
18 Sep 19 by member: Magpiezoe
Hubris, especially around opinions (usually political). I'm on social media to share my life and hear about the lives of others in similar situations. If you want to talk about how political policies impact you or how a particular diet has or hasn't worked for you, I'm all ears. If instead you want to insist on CICO or some party line, I get enough of that from the press. 
19 Sep 19 by member: SeanKelly
If block were available here ... probably would block a few, yeah.  
19 Sep 19 by member: FullaBella

     
 

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