Online Reactions
Starting on the same day, multiple Twitter users shared screenshots of being blocked by the account after they replied to it with messages in which they expressed support for LGBTQ+ rights (examples shown below). For example, a tweet by user @Ter0me received over 250 retweet and 6,300 likes in one week (shown below, left).
On February 26th and in the following days, multiple users made memes about Twitter Arabs blocking users, including several Meme Speedrun memes. For example, a meme posted by Twitter user @Cibles_ on February 27th received over 42,400 views, 190 retweets and 1,400 likes in one week (shown below).
Twitter Arabs gay rights block speedrun (wr) pic.twitter.com/6ioECK4PJ8
— Junie is excited for Splatoon 3 💖 (@Cibles_) February 27, 2021
On February 26th and 27th, Twitter users reported that the account blocked them for replies other than messages of LGBTQ+ support, including a photograph of a cat and the word “welcome.”
Source: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/twitter-arabs-mass-blocking