was for the willfully stupid. The "just asking questions" crowd about vaccines. The "both sides" intellectuals when one side was literally on fire. Her own cousin, after he started sharing QAnon drop patterns.
Sometimes she felt like the block button was a confession. An admission that she was too weak, too fragile, for the marketplace of ideas. Her sister had told her, "You're just building an echo chamber." Her ex-therapist (Red folder, session 4) said, "Is it possible you're avoiding discomfort rather than growth?" twitter blocked list
She scrolled his recent tweets. A retweet of a tech guru claiming DEI was "inverse racism." A pithy quote about how "cancel culture is destroying nuance." A selfie at a protest—holding a sign, but standing off to the side, not in the crowd. was for the willfully stupid
To provide a more detailed analysis, we collected data on a sample of 10,000 blocked accounts on Twitter. The results show: Her own cousin, after he started sharing QAnon drop patterns
The architecture of solitude is not a wall. It is a door. And only you get to decide who has the key.
She snorted.