Erin 💽✨(Boosts encouraged)
Have you ever personally been on the receiving end of an internet harassment campaign?
(personally here meaning “you, specifically; or a small group containing you”)
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No
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If you answered yes to the first question:
Did you have nightmares about it?
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If you answered yes to the first question:
Did it change the way you interact with people on the internet or in real life?
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Kit MaloneI was one of the campaign leads in a post-Dobbs battle over abortion and was already known well for my LGBTQ work. During that time my photo was shared to local proud boys via Twitter and local hard right personalities started namedropping me online.
By the end, folks were showing up at my office, I was assaulted at the capital twice, and was often confronted in the hallways by angry strangers who knew my name. It was traumatic. I left traditional social media.
@erincandescent (worth a postscript that my entire team experienced some version of this)