The Secret Reviewer #47: I Will Follow

Every month our clandestine critic reveals the murky truths behind that infamous trade, and live comedy generally. This month: What's the etiquette when old acquaintances turn bad?

A few years ago I got into a weirdly intense argument on Twitter about the concept of following people, on Twitter. When I say 'argument', it was me desperately trying to calm things down while the other person got so irate they couldn't even stop to consider the actual question I was asking.

It was this: does 'following' someone - in that case a writer who'd developed objectionable views - necessarily mean that...