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Don't mistake my cautions on mass blocklists — I've been a LONG-TERM advocate for suffocation of engagement as a tactic. Don't even dance on their grave except by exception.

I have other issues with shunning 'only' challenging opinions and information, but I agree it's not the job of a social network to force that on you. Just please stop giving dopamine hits and algorithmic boosts to the people who hate you it's fucking empty. It is the fuel they yearn to squeeze out.

This is what people don't get and I've been trying to say for years: THEY WANT TO KNOW YOU'VE DISPLAYED THEIR HATE. You _don't understand the fucking calculus_. SHAME DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO THEM. Your 1 retweet which gains them ONE follower from your hate-followers IS THE GOAL. THAT IS THE VIRUS.

Further commentary and thoughts on my 2016 interaction with a white supremacist asking me to launder their views to my audience through my denigration and self-satisfaction. Alt-text included.

Thank you for the heads up. In years on social networks never had this - insults yes. Though bit stupid and an obvious giveaway for a nazi to actually ask you to launder their views. But I have found intellect is not their strong point.

The trouble I have is that this also looks like the modern version of the "ignore the bullies" advice we got in school. And that has been proven to be bad advice. I'm not sure how to square this with the reasonable idea of starving them of engagement (especially if/when they're bigots).

Disinformation is spreading even through being countered or disproved. There's a really great video on that: youtu.be/rE3j_RHkqJc?...

'Don't feed the trolls' is one of the very first things I learnt when I started using the internet in the 90s (icq and irc). It's still true today.

Interesting... personally, I think they thrive off of negative reactions, it fuels their perception of left-leaning people as weak, or quick to react to negative stuff. Really weird, but not surprising.