A quick and easy step by step guide on how to deal with online harassment.

I was going to make a video on this but my face is too puffy from crying my eyes out last night.

If you look at what my former friends said last night, it’s pretty disgusting.

Compare that to my direct interactions with them.
Why not call them out by name? It’s called class. I don’t even call out my harasser by name.

I spent the evening discouraging people to not speak out in my defense. It leads to further problems.

Anyways, here we go.
Step 1. Google your name.

If you’re an anon account, what you need to do is Google your username in various combos with your actual name.

For example:

[username] + Sarah
[username] + home state
[username] + employer

If you can find it, someone else can, too.

Simple stuff. https://t.co/0fakHgErub
Step 2. The quickest/easiest way to be identified is using the same username on multiple SoMe platforms.

Everyone is on multiple platforms. If you’re posting pics or list your name, it’ll be found.

An anon shared identities w me using this method. I ignored the info.
Step 3. Here’s where social engineering comes into play.

Understand why someone is targeting you. What’s the underlying grievance?

If you can understand that, you can understand why you’re being attacked.
For example, with the person I helped a few weeks ago, we narrowed it down to two people immediately. One of the suspects was an ex.

With that, I focused on some of the info searching using previously mentioned techniques.
The harasser was using multiple accounts to spam the target’s Instagram account. That activity also increased the likelihood of it being the ex.

The comments were immature and persistent. She wasn’t going to give up.
One of the accounts she was using was not new. She had used it previously to harass an ex a year ago.

I got lucky. A year ago, someone posted a screenshot of the harassment the other ex received.
Long story short, we reached out to the other ex and he confirmed he was harassed for six months following the breakup.

See? This stuff isn’t rocket science. Harassers can easily be identified.
I could share more basic tips, but quite frankly, I don’t care to do so.

Why help anyone who participated in the bombardment and pile-ons over the last two nights?
I’ve stated this repeatedly, not everything is about MedTwitter.

I work w other groups.

I don’t want anything to do w the young adults in MedTwitter who think that every post is about them. I want less to do w the people who encourage their harassment.

Go away. Leave me alone.
See what I mean? Everyone can benefit from having this information. https://t.co/ul1VXjFijp
I’m not going to stop talking about online harassment because it makes people uncomfortable.

I’m not going to stop talking about my other topics either.
Attack my credentials and experience all you’d like.

Science communication, online professionalism, and online harassment are in my wheelhouse.
I’m also not going to interact with any anonymous accounts I don’t already “know” - even new ones that are friendly.

I’m sorry.

I have to protect myself from harassment as well.
Muting this thread.

Not entertaining questions. I’ll be doing this more often.

Carpe diem. Make it a good one.

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She is a self-proclaimed British activist for “Palestinian rights” but is more accurately a far Left neo-Nazi. Her son shares the same characteristics of violence, racism & Holocaust denial.

I first documented Sarah Wilkinson’s Holocaust denial back in July 2016. I believe I was the 1st person to do so.

Since then she has produced a long trail of written hate and abuse. See here for a good summary.


Wilkinson has recently been publicly celebrated by @XRebellionUK over her latest violent action against a Jewish owned business. Despite many people calling XR’s attention to her history, XR have chosen to remain in alliance with this neo-Nazi.

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But McDonnell is not alone.

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I've seen many news articles cite that "the UK variant could be the dominant strain by March". This is emphasized by @CDCDirector.

While this will likely to be the case, this should not be an automatic cause for concern. Cases could still remain contained.

Here's how: 🧵

One of @CDCgov's own models has tracked the true decline in cases quite accurately thus far.

Their projection shows that the B.1.1.7 variant will become the dominant variant in March. But interestingly... there's no fourth wave. Cases simply level out:

https://t.co/tDce0MwO61


Just because a variant becomes the dominant strain does not automatically mean we will see a repeat of Fall 2020.

Let's look at UK and South Africa, where cases have been falling for the past month, in unison with the US (albeit with tougher restrictions):


Furthermore, the claim that the "variant is doubling every 10 days" is false. It's the *proportion of the variant* that is doubling every 10 days.

If overall prevalence drops during the studied time period, the true doubling time of the variant is actually much longer 10 days.

Simple example:

Day 0: 10 variant / 100 cases -> 10% variant
Day 10: 15 variant / 75 cases -> 20% variant
Day 20: 20 variant / 50 cases -> 40% variant

1) Proportion of variant doubles every 10 days
2) Doubling time of variant is actually 20 days
3) Total cases still drop by 50%

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Following @BAUDEGS I have experienced hateful and propagandist tweets time after time. I have been shocked that an academic community would be so reckless with their publications. So I did some research.
The question is:
Is this an official account for Bahcesehir Uni (Bau)?


Bahcesehir Uni, BAU has an official website
https://t.co/ztzX6uj34V which links to their social media, leading to their Twitter account @Bahcesehir

BAU’s official Twitter account


BAU has many departments, which all have separate accounts. Nowhere among them did I find @BAUDEGS
@BAUOrganization @ApplyBAU @adayBAU @BAUAlumniCenter @bahcesehirfbe @baufens @CyprusBau @bauiisbf @bauglobal @bahcesehirebe @BAUintBatumi @BAUiletisim @BAUSaglik @bauebf @TIPBAU

Nowhere among them was @BAUDEGS to find