Reminds me of the times I came across an account I had never interacted with having already blocked me
So you don't have to interact with people in any way to annoy them.
But that was before I left Twitter wasting my time, now I just passively read few accounts through Nitter, rarely opening Tweet discussion and not interacting in any way anymore. I plan soon to do same thing with Reddit, both of these are in the end just waste of time.