ALAMEDA — Matt McGloin had his day at the podium on Wednesday, holding court at the weekly session designated for the starting quarterback.

He’s the man now charged with leading the Raiders into the playoffs and took in the expected series of questions about taking over for the injured Derek Carr, his fiery and competitive demeanor and the pressure he’ll face. And then the session wrapped up with talk about Twitter.

Yes, Twitter.

A little known fact in public circles is that McGloin has blocked most media who cover the Raiders, along with some fans who may have rubbed the fourth-year quarterback the wrong way with their social media posts. Word of McGloin’s proclivity to block got some circulation this week and so McGloin was asked for his reasoning.

Matt McGloin on why he blocks people on Twitter. (He handled the question great). #Raiders pic.twitter.com/9nQWrpUtlC — Jimmy Durkin (@Jimmy_Durkin) December 28, 2016

“I’m not searching out people to block on Twitter,” McGloin said. “I don’t sit there on my phone and do that. I’ll be honest with you guys, if I’m reading an article and I come across somebody, you get a sarcastic tweet or an article bashing the Oakland Raider organization or bashing the guys in the locker room, I don’t want to read that stuff. So that’s what gets people blocked on Twitter. It’s nothing personal. I just, I don’t want to read bad or negative things about this organization or guys in this locker room. That’s all.”

McGloin confirmed he does handle all the blocking himself, although he’s not hugely active on Twitter anyway.

“I use it for news to see what’s going on around the league and keep up to date with news,” he said. “I don’t even really tweet. I retweet stuff sometimes.”

Now, on to more important issues.