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So, hands up if you have been blocked by LM on Twitter?

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Stormwhale · 20/02/2018 22:10

Due to the fact that I have never actually had any contact with LM, and had only liked (or did the heart thing - I'm a bit Twitter illiterate) 2 comments on a Twitter feed (1 - very politely pointed out that LM has not actually spoken about a single women's issue since being in the role and 2 - pointed out, again politely, that LM seems to be more interested in trans issues than women's issues).. I'm going to assume it doesn't take much to be blocked by LM.

I have never posted anything derogatory or even commented on anything to do with LM On Twitter.

Have I managed to be no platformed without actually saying a word? Hmm

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Stormwhale · 20/02/2018 23:16

Thank you for the suggestions for who to follow. I think I'm starting to get how it works.

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SophoclesTheFox · 20/02/2018 23:04

I'm not blocked, so I can see that LM is teething about peak oil.

I thought that was a dig about immaturity Grin I like the image of being grizzly and grumpy over something, maybe drooling a bit.

WillowWept · 20/02/2018 23:04

Yup me too.

Although I discovered today I'm on terf blocker so no surprises

DontBuyANewMumCashmere · 20/02/2018 22:56

I just got blocked. Hurray!

I don't follow them but wanted to see if I could view them. I could - so can't just be an automatic block.
Then I did comment but they made an odd argument about the origins of 'peak X' and oil... so I pointed out they were incorrect.

Now I follow @LilyMadagain instead. That's quite funny.

DaisyDrip · 20/02/2018 22:56
Hmm
TellsEveryoneRealFacts · 20/02/2018 22:47

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/3174064-I-don-t-like-the-term-peak-trans

weird huh?

Juzza12 · 20/02/2018 22:47

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MrsJoshDun · 20/02/2018 22:46

I follow DrRadFem
Jennifer James
Woman’s place U.K.
Gender critical greens

Amongst others, so I should think following them plus a lot of #labourlosingwomen tweets would get me blocked.

DaisyDrip · 20/02/2018 22:45

Stormwhale Start here, look at who comments. @WomansPlaceUK

megletthesecond · 20/02/2018 22:45

I'm not. I've never challenged her but I do follow various accounts she certainly doesn't like.

NotCornflakes · 20/02/2018 22:43

Teething?! Tweeting!

MrsJoshDun · 20/02/2018 22:43

So is terfblocker a service which people like Lily sign up to and then Lily automatically blocks everyone on the terfblocker list?

Can’t say I’m bothered at all.

NotCornflakes · 20/02/2018 22:43

I'm not blocked, so I can see that LM is teething about peak oil.

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Stormwhale · 20/02/2018 22:42

Can I ask what/Who you all follow that means you get to see the conversations about the trans stuff please?

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DaisyDrip · 20/02/2018 22:41

Ha ha ha MrsJoshDun So am I. I've just checked. I didn't know I was until now. #proudterf

DaisyDrip · 20/02/2018 22:39

Stormwhale It really doesn't seem to take much for the TRA's to block.

MrsJoshDun · 20/02/2018 22:38

I’m also blocked by the terfblocker twitter account.

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Stormwhale · 20/02/2018 22:37

The thing is, I wasn't blocked when I started to read that Twitter feed, then after liking the two comments I was blocked. So it must have been that, not who I am following.

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DaisyDrip · 20/02/2018 22:37

MrsJoshDun @madigan_lily

MrsJoshDun · 20/02/2018 22:37

Found her and yes I’m blocked. Never mentioned her on twitter and never looked at her twitter feed before. She really is a sad case.

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Stormwhale · 20/02/2018 22:36

To be honest I'm not too sure who I'm following on Twitter. I did join a couple of weeks ago as it seemed many of the important issues were being discussed on there about the trans movement. I asked bil yesterday to try and explain it to me, (he is younger and much cooler) but apparently he is into Instagram and Snapchat. (I don't have those either). So dp was going to ask a friend from the gym who manages their social media to explain it all to me.

Perhaps I have inadvertently followed people who dare to be gender critical then and that's what has done it.

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MrsJoshDun · 20/02/2018 22:36

What’s her twitter handle? I don’t seem to be able to find lily on twitter so assume I’m blocked.

DaisyDrip · 20/02/2018 22:34

Stormwhale I'm honestly not sure. I'm only guessing I am as I seem to have been blocked by a number of people who are trans or TRA's most I've never heard of and only know due to some posts full of 'tweet not available' so going offline I've read again then checked on line to find I'm blocked. If that makes sense.

mamaryllis · 20/02/2018 22:32

I think LM uses a shortcut whereby if you follow anyone who could be described as vaguely gender critical, you are automatically blocked. You don't actually have to post or retweet. Just following someone that LM doesn't like is enough. Teenagers, huh?

Check terfblocker lol. Are the south battersea brownies still on there?

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Stormwhale · 20/02/2018 22:30

How do you find out if you are on terf blocker? If I have managed to get on there without a single word I don't quite know how I will feel.

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