It's becoming difficult for Tories to stay on Twitter, and I've thought about decamping before I'm pushed. I'm not going to do that yet, but I'm aware that simple disagreement with Wokies can lead to a ban. To that end, a few strategies. [1]

Kibitzers and reply guys will be insta-muted, either in the form of a "mute conversation" or (in extremis) muting the individual concerned. [2]

It's not possible to engage Wokies with facts and reason, and attempts to do so lead to mass-reporting and accusations of racism or various forms of "hate speech" and/or phobias. [3]

Life is too short for this, so I largely won't bother, and will either ignore or mute FBPE conspiracists, BLM boosters, and people with pronouns in their bio. [4]

In anticipation of social media becoming siloed, I've opened an account on Parler, where I'm @HelenDale (no underscore). [5] https://par.pw/download/ 

If you're a lefty or a moderate, be aware that Parler is Twitter in reverse: it's overwhelmingly dominated by Tories and classical liberals. If you're a Brit, this probably won't matter as Tories are politer than Wokies and most liberal lefties. [6]

However, American righties are not like British Tories, & there are a lot of them on Parler. They dish it out as hard as Wokies do, & because nothing is sacred to them, expect to feel pretty poorly if you attempt to raise your race, gender, or 'lived experience' as a shield. [7]

As I've said to various people on here, I hate the idea of political siloes. However, this seems to be where we're headed, and given I'm only one individual, there's nothing I can do about it apart from maintain a presence on both platforms for as long as possible. [8]

More broadly, I think social media was a mistake. Civilisation would improve if all of it were taken into public ownership and shut down. [9]

Finally, I take the points made by Chinese dissidents like @badiucao seriously. If you can't give up the socials entirely, delete apps like TikTok; they're a vector for data harvesting & repression by a vicious totalitarian state. [10/ENDS]