re: #55 klys (maker of Silmarils)

This is also probably the reason why folks here occasionally end up blocked by some of the higher profile tweeps like Stonekettle or ABL. If you start having an argument with someone else in a reply chain and you don’t pull them out of the reply-to stuff, well, I’m pretty sure both of them have a policy of blocking folks who carry on arguments in their mentions. Stonekettle might give a warning, but it’s really common courtesy to clean up the replies so you’re not filling up someone’s mentions with an argument they didn’t ask to be involved in.

Be a good Twitter citizen and if you decide you have to engage with someone, consider carefully who needs to be on the reply list.

Absolutely right - I also sometimes block people who insist on including me in endless pointless arguments and filling up my mentions with things I have no interest in.

Twitter does have a “Mute This Conversation” option now, but it’s very porous and doesn’t work well enough. Sometimes blocking people is the only way to stop it.