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Steve Trush

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Taking control of your Twitter past: Deleting all your Tweets

A common tactic of online harassers is dredging up and sharing their targets’ old social media posts. By taking posts from years ago and removing any connection with their original context, trolls will take a victim’s inside jokes, sarcastic comments, and at-times problematic content from years past to convince

Steve Trush Sep 12, 2021 • 4 min read

Are you on a troll's Twitter List? How to check and remove yourself.

Do you ever wonder why sometimes it seems like trolls are so quick to reply to your tweets? There are many reasons for this, but one tactic to know is that trolls frequently use lists to consolidate victims for targeted harassment. Trolls may have you on several lists! How do

Steve Trush Apr 3, 2021 • 3 min read

Twitter is not an airport: Don’t announce your departure — for your own good.

In recent weeks, several celebrities have deactivated their accounts citing harassment. These high profile deactivations are usually followed by follower or media commentary discussing the departure on public sources. On Thursday, Chrissy Teigen became the latest and most famous of these departures: This notice may as well say “Hi, there’

Steve Trush Mar 26, 2021 • 6 min read
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