ok i’ll say it. there seems to be a group of (academic) men on twitter, who only show up in my mentions to impart some wisdom, without ever liking anything i say or even engaging with what i say. they seem to be looking for a platform to voice their opinions. glad to know they
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Not sure it's just men for me but yes there's a group who only interact with me to say I'm wrong.
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Also there's a couple of women (sadly, although they don't know each other) who only interact with me to tell me "I'm not coming to your talk because I'd rather go for a swim" etc. I have this in writing and it's a really clear "fuck you".
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I can imagine they "don't mean it" but it's extremely upsetting to receive a message completely out of the blue just before giving a talk to tell me about how they would rather not come to my talk.
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And by "upsetting" I definitely don't mean personally as I've no issue being civil and friendly with them but it's highly negative behaviour and will likely harm them just as much as other people they do it.
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