Today I have found for the first time I have been blocked on twitter. It is not a pleasant thought,  not due to the fact that I have to be friends with everyone, but due to the fact that I wouldn't want to ever unintentionally offend anybody. Blocking is normally down to bad behaviour and can make people assume you are a spammy person. I joined 5 years ago and would hate that anyone ever thinks that.

The reason is because somebody found that a picture they tweeted had found its way into a paper.li newspaper that is published by myself. For some reason didn't feel that comfortable with my explanation as to why that happened. Sadly 140 characters is somewhat difficult to explain the nuances of twitter and how things happen. I believe I have not breached any social media etiquette.

This is why I am linking to this blog post from my paper.li newspapers in future.

I'm guessing if you have arrived here it is probably because you are either involved in MotoGP, WSBK, BSB, Formula 1 or another motorsport. Me I love it, which is why I like to aggregate the daily news into a simple to read format, share it with other fans and credit original posters with the content. Paper.li provides this for me

So why are you on my Paper.li newspaper?

Before I try explain here is the paper.li explanation http://support.paper.li/entries/20023257-what-is-paper-li

Here is my explanation : -

You are on my newspaper because I am a fan of what you are involved in and you have either tweeted a key word (for example MotoGP, F1, etc) or because you are on a list because you work in that environment. Either way that means I am interested in what you say

Everyday  Paper.li looks at my lists etc to find the most interesting links, photos etc and aggregates that so I can get the best news from the most interesting people about the things I enjoy.

I share this with others who care about the things I do. We all enjoy the social experience. Many people read and retweet the things I like

If any people are not sure about this, don't block me. Your tweet I picked up will be public, other people can see it and share it and it is there in perpetuity. Don't blame me.

If your tweets are not meant to be public then you should restrict your account, otherwise expect them to be shared.

Here is hoping that most people enjoy the social in the social media

Cheers, Davey

P.S. If you arrived here oddly from somewhere else then I am referring to my Social Newspapers

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