As a new recruit to Twitter I still have only a small number of followers and I check out each one personally. Some are just spammy link lists but others are interesting feeds that I am happy to subscribe to in return. Today I was somewhat taken aback to see that one of my latest followers was a dedicated MineCraft griefer with their own Youtube channel advertising their destructive exploits. The whole concept of Minecraft griefing upsets and annoys me but mostly it just baffles me. Minecraft is a glorious game of creativity and greifing does nothing but hurt people by destroying their creations. Minecraft griefing is the computer equivalent of kicking over a child's sandcastle and I really don't understand how anyone with a modicum of intelligence could enjoy doing it. Anyway how to respond to this persons joining my Twitter feed? Should I: a) Give in to my immediate urge to give them a piece of my mind on both Twitter and Youtube. b) Try to talk directly to them to ...
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