There’s a big secret Twitter doesn’t want you to know, as Choire Sicha writes in a recent article on The Awl. “You don’t have to respond to anyone on Twitter. Ever.”
Sicha lists a number of reasons one might choose to not respond on Twitter. Highlights of the list include: “You don’t care,” “You have actual work to do,” Your cats are doing something more interesting,” and “You hate the person who’s tweeting at you.”