#IndyWales and @YesCymru folks have to get better at working the way social media works. We KNOw that Abolish crew are largely ex-Brexit party or ex-Torys and we know BOTH those parties manipulated the way the timeline algorithms measure engagement. (thread-rant)

We absolutely cannot fall into the trap of rage-reteeeting, posting angry faces on their Facebook content and so forth. All those things are markers of ENGAGEMENT to Twitter and Facebook, not opposition. They are marketing signals which push the content to the top.

These chancers KNOW that. They paid millions to marketing agencies to tell them so during the Brexit debacle and we all fell for it and helped them manipulate people’s timelines. Are are really going to fall for it again? Stop retweeting them. Stop talking to them. Do Not Engage.

Mute and Block are the only indicators Twitter uses to recognise poor quality content. It doesn’t rank witty comeback or clever putdowns. Enforcing obscurity upon them is the best defense against these people.

If we keep on signal boosting them just to yell at them and argue back we’re going to saddle ourselves with another Farage - No political seats to speak of yet on Newsnight every bloody week being treated like an authority.

Don’t Feed The Troll used to be Internet common knowledge and everyone seems to have forgotten how, or that today’s version has to be Do Not Feed The Algorithm.