I just had an interesting experience with Twitter this morning. A financial writer who I read each week, followed me on Twitter some time ago. I was quite chuffed, as I respect him as a writer, but certainly do not agree with everything he has to say, particularly in regards to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. But hey, I accept not everyone has the same perspective I do. I actually cherish that.

Anyway, this morning, he tweeted an article from the Daily Beast stating that journalism was under attack from Trump etc. Now, I follow the media fairly closely and have written articles critical of the ABC (Australia's ABC) especially in relation to its one-sided coverage of the Syrian conflict.

So, today, I simply retweeted this finance writer's tweet commenting that journalists have been lying to us since before Trump even became a presidential candidate. It was not a personal attack, I was simply stating (what I believe) to be a fact. It was a comment on the current poor state of journalism.

Result. He instantly blocked me. Why? For expressing a differing opinion. There was no malice in my tweet. I was not critical of the writer in any way. I was just stating what I believe to be true.

Here is my response to the original tweet which was a play on words of the original tweet:

"We'll look back at this time as the time journalists were at their most delusional. They have been lying to us long before Trump's candidacy."

I guess in this world of social media trolling and climate of extreme political and idealogical partisanship, it's not always easy to determine what will trigger someone. Even a professional communicator.