This is about as "Well, duh!" a study as I've ever seen, but I suppose it's useful to quantify the prevalence and intensity of the harassment. I could tell the writer stories that'd curl his hair. 1/https://twitter.com/Skepticscalpel/status/1374415333822402560 …
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Then five years ago, internet crank, quack, and conspiracy theorist Mike Adams targeted me with something like 40 libelous articles about me alleging everything from Medicare fraud to malpractice to implications of pedophilia. 3/
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Basically, doctors have long suffered for speaking out against antivaxxers, quackery, pseudoscience, and conspiracy theories. It's just that the last decade or so, with the rise of Facebook, Twitter, and other social media, has turbocharged cranks' ability to harass. 4/4
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My favorite crank harassment technique these days is the way cranks will flood doctor review sites with fake negative reviews about me. I can always spot the fake reviews, too, as cranks are very predictable (and not particularly clever) about what they say. 5/5
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