Exit
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My friend is the mother of
a toddler and has created a
Twitter account for her daughter.
She sent an email to our friend group
asking everyone to follow the child.
Is there a nice way to tell her I don’t
have any interest in reading the
made-up musings of a 2-year-old?
My friends feel the same way!
— Blech, Brooklyn
Q
Sounds like someone was
removed from the group
email thread. No need to tell
your friend that her idea makes
you want to vomit. Just don’t
follow the kid. Or follow her—
who cares? The mother of a
two-year-old will likely lose
steam for the project in a matter of days, anyway. If she does
persist and the tweets are more
than you can stomach, some
Twitter apps, such as Tweetdeck, allow you to customize
your feed by filtering out tweets
that contain certain words or
user handles. Just be sure to express enthusiasm for appropriate displays of motherly
pride, such as photos and videos she shares on her own Facebook account or over email. You
don’t want your friend to think
you are slighting her and her
daughter, just their social
media strategy.
ENOUGH
ALREADY
totally over.
Things we’re
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