17 baffling, barmy but mostly brilliant reasons people got blocked by famous people on Twitter
When someone asked Twitter users to share the reasons why they’d been blocked or unfollowed, it unleashed a torrent of stories of pettiness, umbrage and righteous anger. This is what started it.
Name a reason why somebody blocked/unfollowed you
— No Pressure (@Gon_Ride) January 10, 2018
And these 17 answers display the dark underbelly of Twitter.
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https://twitter.com/MorphyJim/status/995264818918711296
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Seeing all these tweets about the reasons people have been blocked by other people on here. That fella that got blocked by Marc Almond is still my favourite. pic.twitter.com/tb8hT3BLAV
— Andy (@alreadytaken74) May 12, 2018
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I got blocked by "psychic" Derek Acorah because he tweeted that one of his shows was cancelled due to circumstances beyond his control, and I asked him why he didn't know in advance. https://t.co/0lgzHOdNNO
— Bruce Lawson (@brucel) January 11, 2018
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I always pull this one out, but William Friedkin blocked me because I told him I paused SORCERER to watch a dog that was on a roof across the streethttps://t.co/wPqzld67wF
— Carl Garcia (@carlinspace) May 9, 2018
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Donald Trump Blocked me because I said eating spoonfuls of Miracle Whip has a higher approval rating than he does.
— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) January 11, 2018
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Monie Love blocked me because I included her on a Spotify playlist of my favorite female MCs. She replied: How about celebrating the MC period.” Meanwhile this… pic.twitter.com/LfahzJXwh1
— Craig Seymour (@craigspoplife) January 10, 2018
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Sebastian Gorka blocked me because I retweeted this pic pic.twitter.com/Aic6JTl5tQ
— Susan Cabral (@suealjen) January 11, 2018
8.
Because I made a joke about Right Said Fred being 'Deeply UKippy'. https://t.co/eYx0q13a5i
— Jonny Morris #FBPE (@jonnymorris1973) May 13, 2018
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I told Ricky Gervais he wasn't funny, and he got offended. https://t.co/ZfKYgujXjg
— Another Angry Woman (@stavvers) May 12, 2018
