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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsQuestion about twitter...an openly right wing republican just "followed" me...
That's odd. Would you block him?
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Question about twitter...an openly right wing republican just "followed" me... (Original Post)
George II
Nov 2019
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dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)2. Block them, it is likely a bot. You can check on, bot sentinel.com.
The uptick in bots following us on Twitter has exponentially increased in the last couple weeks.
trueblue2007
(17,245 posts)11. BLOCK HIM. REPORT ALL HIS BAD TWEETS !!!!
who is it? I will block him too.
fleur-de-lisa
(14,628 posts)3. Yes
George II
(67,782 posts)4. Thanks for the input, just blocked him. Only the third "person" I've blocked.
irisblue
(33,054 posts)5. Anthony Scaramucci followed me, why? Blocked that account
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)13. Actually he is probably fine... now.
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)14. I think he "accidentally" followed a gay porn star a year or so ago.
Not sure he explained it. I'm sure it's on Google.
MineralMan
(146,350 posts)6. Block him or her immediately.
You are under no obligation to let anyone follow you on Twitter.
machoneman
(4,016 posts)7. Block by all means!
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)8. I block all MAGAts that try to follow me.
WhiteTara
(29,732 posts)9. Yes and if you're part of
#Resist, then be sure and expose him to your list as a troll and then be sure and block.
Aristus
(66,522 posts)10. Absolutely.
Anyone trying to troll my online presence gets blocked.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)12. Block them
you could be on a list somewhere where RWers go through all of your old tweets to see if you have done anything reportable and then they mass report you.