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George II

(67,782 posts) Sat Nov 2, 2019, 02:54 PM Nov 2019

Question 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 OP

Yes. eShirl Nov 2019 #1

Block them, it is likely a bot. You can check on, bot sentinel.com. dewsgirl Nov 2019 #2

BLOCK HIM. REPORT ALL HIS BAD TWEETS !!!! trueblue2007 Nov 2019 #11

Yes fleur-de-lisa Nov 2019 #3

Thanks for the input, just blocked him. Only the third "person" I've blocked. George II Nov 2019 #4

Anthony Scaramucci followed me, why? Blocked that account irisblue Nov 2019 #5

Actually he is probably fine... now. dewsgirl Nov 2019 #13

I think he "accidentally" followed a gay porn star a year or so ago. NCLefty Nov 2019 #14

Block him or her immediately. MineralMan Nov 2019 #6

Block by all means! machoneman Nov 2019 #7

I block all MAGAts that try to follow me. Flaleftist Nov 2019 #8

Yes and if you're part of WhiteTara Nov 2019 #9

Absolutely. Aristus Nov 2019 #10

Block them NewJeffCT Nov 2019 #12

eShirl

(18,494 posts)

1. Yes.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 02:56 PM

Nov 2019

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

2. Block them, it is likely a bot. You can check on, bot sentinel.com.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 03:00 PM

Nov 2019

The uptick in bots following us on Twitter has exponentially increased in the last couple weeks.

trueblue2007

(17,228 posts)

11. BLOCK HIM. REPORT ALL HIS BAD TWEETS !!!!

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 04:20 PM

Nov 2019

who is it? I will block him too.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,627 posts)

3. Yes

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 03:04 PM

Nov 2019

George II

(67,782 posts)

4. Thanks for the input, just blocked him. Only the third "person" I've blocked.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 03:04 PM

Nov 2019

irisblue

(32,982 posts)

5. Anthony Scaramucci followed me, why? Blocked that account

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 03:04 PM

Nov 2019

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

13. Actually he is probably fine... now.

Reply to irisblue (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 05:15 PM

Nov 2019

NCLefty

(3,678 posts)

14. I think he "accidentally" followed a gay porn star a year or so ago.

Reply to irisblue (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 05:21 PM

Nov 2019

Not sure he explained it. I'm sure it's on Google.

MineralMan

(146,317 posts)

6. Block him or her immediately.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 03:12 PM

Nov 2019

You are under no obligation to let anyone follow you on Twitter.

machoneman

(4,007 posts)

7. Block by all means!

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 03:21 PM

Nov 2019

Flaleftist

(3,473 posts)

8. I block all MAGAts that try to follow me.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 03:22 PM

Nov 2019

WhiteTara

(29,718 posts)

9. Yes and if you're part of

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 04:05 PM

Nov 2019

#Resist, then be sure and expose him to your list as a troll and then be sure and block.

Aristus

(66,391 posts)

10. Absolutely.

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 04:14 PM

Nov 2019

Anyone trying to troll my online presence gets blocked.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

12. Block them

Reply to George II (Original post)

Sat Nov 2, 2019, 04:25 PM

Nov 2019

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.

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