Critiques of the Phenomenon of DNI Lists

[Note: this post was reposted to Pillowfort on May 5, 2021.]

Recently I stumbled across this Twitter thread (via a repost) about the concept of "Do Not Interact" lists, and I think it gestures in the direction of legitimate critique, but I also think it's overlooking a few things.

Note I've talked about this subject a few times before (in the comments here and here), and in this post I'm mostly just going to be rehashing some old thoughts.

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