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Today’s #ResearchTip - safety and social media.
As others have been discussing safety on Twitter, here is what the advanced settings for my account have been set to for a few years now. It ensures Twitter is navigable for me and it might work for you also. See also DMs closed.
As others have been discussing safety on Twitter, here is what the advanced settings for my account have been set to for a few years now. It ensures Twitter is navigable for me and it might work for you also. See also DMs closed.
Does this stop people following you? No! Do you need to use the same settings as me? No! You can experiment with what works best for you.
Remember many people who comment in abusive, inappropriate, or time wasting ways or who want to use you for clout are not going to follow you.
Remember many people who comment in abusive, inappropriate, or time wasting ways or who want to use you for clout are not going to follow you.
You can use 'mute' to screen out particular words you don't want to hear about - that may be from people you follow and like but you want to swerve a topic. You can also mute conversations (even ones you start). Use your settings so videos don't autoplay too.
You can unfollow anyone at any time (as they can with you). And if they're unpleasant/abusive/disruptive (to you or others) you can unfollow AND mute or block. You can mute or block people you don't follow but who are tagged into conversations with you and are unpleasant.
You can mute or block pre-emptively, if you notice someone piling on to another person. Remember not to tag that person about abuse you've spotted, and never snitch tag people into conversations about them - you could be exposing them to more abuse.
Block chains allow you to take out abusers and their followers - helpful to pre-empt a pile on. And if a pile on occurs lock your account immediately. You can open it in a few days when the swarm has passed on to another target.
If you've done all this you can still look for your handle to see if you've missed any replies you'd like to get. Although IME you rarely do, it's usually still low level unpleasantness you don't need to see.
Putting contact details in your profile can ensure someone who genuinely needs to reach you can, but do so in a way effort is required. It'll cut down people hopping from abusing you on here to sending hate via email. (If this happens, send their stuff to spam).
We all use Twitter differently and everyone is currently stressed. Setting and enforcing your boundaries is essential. It doesn't matter what other people do and anyone questioning or criticising yours is a potential
Noting the above you may want to check your settings so you aren't being left out. Also if you find yourself blocked by someone you've never met before it won't be personal, chances are you're in a blockchain because you follow an abuser. Move on, no need to make a scene here.
There's a lot of advice on safety and bullying here you may find helpful (for on and offline) https://theresearchcompanion.com/safetyprotocols
https://theresearchcompanion.com/bullying
It's fine to limit social media use, step away or use scheduled tweets to share information without a dialogue.
https://theresearchcompanion.com/bullying
It's fine to limit social media use, step away or use scheduled tweets to share information without a dialogue.
