My guiding principles for practicing Twitter pest control:

-Nobody is entitled to your time and attention.

-It& #39;s your right to choose who you engage with.

-Blocking disingenuous assholes is not censorship, whether they& #39;re obviously abusive or not.

-Whataboutism and sealioning isn& #39;t debate.

-You don& #39;t owe anything to people who are arguing in bad faith.

-If blocking dicks means you are curating an "echo chamber" so be it. This is a social media site, not the Pnyx of Athens.

-Unfollow whenever, for whatever reasons.

-If you see someone engaging in abuse, harassment, or other bad behavior, feel free to pre-emptively block.

-It& #39;s okay to block someone just because they annoy you or make you uncomfortable.

-If someone with a large platform/blue check sends trolls your way, block them ALL.

-In fact, just because someone has a blue check doesn& #39;t mean you can& #39;t block them for whatever reason. Verification doesn& #39;t come with an unrestricted license to be shitty.

-You can lock your account too for any reason. Your privacy is entirely your decision.

You get to curate your own experience. You don& #39;t have to justify that either, esp if it means tolerating behavior that hurts you. If you hesitate to block/mute/unfollow someone who is making your life shittier, don& #39;t.

Time and energy are too scarce to let bastards steal them.