Derek Carr explains his approach to blocking people on Twitter

Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, as far as social media goes, has notoriously thin skin. Much thinner skin than an NFL quarterback should have.

Carr has a habit of blocking people on Twitter, which prevents others from accessing her account or seeing her tweets. On Wednesday, TheAthletic.com’s Tashan Reed asked why he was blocked by Carr.

“You probably said something stupidCarr replied. “You probably said something crazy. I cut and block people all the time. You might not even have said it about me, you might have said it about one of my best friends, man. And so I’m sorry it has come to this. If you wanna go to lunch, we can have lunch, man. At a distance of six feet, with masks. All protocols. You know, I don’t try to get in trouble in town anymore, you know?

“So we can do it. But I’m blocking, man – some of you have probably all been blocked here too. But we are still friends. You know? I just don’t wanna read negativity, man. I don’t want anyone to tweet or come – I don’t want to see it. So it’s not personal, man. It’s social media. I’m still me in person, you know?

If he doesn’t want to see the negativity, the “mute” button handles that. Blocking someone is a much more hostile and combative act, as it not only prevents Carr from seeing tweets that they might not want to see, but it also prevents the person who is blocked from seeing Carr’s tweets.

Blocking someone on Twitter is, basically, a middle finger on social media.

Carr either doesn’t realize it or he’s not honest about his approach to using the block button. Either way, he admits that when it comes to blocking people on Twitter, he’s happy to use it, as he’s apparently more bothered than he should be with the reviews of his game. .