@Bronwyn Across pretty much *all* social media, you will eventually have to be specific or clear about what you mean. Once each site gets to a certain size, such interactions as you have encountered become inevitable. Either you have to limit yourself to smaller places or restrict who can read or find a coping mechanism. My coping mechanism is to pre-emptively post warning messages on some of my posts. "This is a rhetorical question. Answer it on pain of getting blocked." and such....