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I was under the impression that blocking people is a normal social interaction on twitter. Why is this specific one newsworthy?

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The only thing that makes it notable is probably the reason. It's interesting that this topic is so polarizing. Especially where VCs are concerned.

Personally I tweet pro and con Web 3 stuff and every time I tweet something critical I lose on average a couple followers. The Web 3 devotees don't want to hear anything critical.

As an anecdote: I've never blocked someone in my 10 years on Twitter so I'm not sure how "normal" it is.

You've never blocked anybody at all? Or is this excluding obvious scammer accounts and old room mates who you've had a falling out with? I don't block people for their views, but I do block people who have no business knowing where/what I'm up to or dudes larping as hot 19 year old girls asking me to cash app them 40$ for gas money so they can come over

Nope, never. And I have open DMs too. It just hasn't been a problem for me.

But in any case, blocking someone for harassment and spam is different than blocking a peer over their views on a topic like Web 3.

What's your Twitter? (If you're still checking this thread.)

Shoutout to a fellow "never blocked anyone" person. If you don't want to say publicly, DM me so I can say hi :)

The more important message hinted at in the article I guess is that Web3 is being driven not organically by consumer desire or need but VC backed entities hoping to make it their garden you can play in.

A16z is considered status quo in the valley with multiple gate keepers . Jack was hitting at them and Marc didn't take it light

I started laughing, then I re-read the headline and realized that "blocked" isn't "banned" and stopped laughing.

I feel like blocking is seen as a bigger deal in the media world than for the rest of us

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