I'm somewhat of a dying breed: a pro-vaccine, pro-science troll. I humiliate, harass, fact-check, and dig up dirt on anti-vaxxers. Some examples: I wrote a bit of Python code that filled in Mary Talley Bowden's "early treatment" survey 5000 times rendering the results unusable; I uncovered deranged paramedic Harry Fisher's wife's divorce filings; I discovered that Paul Marik has a fraudulent credential on his CV; and I did the profile work-up that eventually identified the notorious Jikkyleaks as Dr Samir Saidi (although I myself picked the wrong Catholic German-speaking expat misogynist gynaecologist at the University of Sydney who also happens to be married to a midwife... what are the odds, someone else went the last mile). As someone on the pro-vaccine, pro-science side there are going to be differences between my work and the type of trolls you're discussing, but there are going to be similarities also. I'd be quite happy to "sit down" (virtually of course) to talk through my motivations if it would be of any use.
That's handy timing as I'm currently working on a follow up piece about troll packs in which JikkyLeaks gets a mention. So yes, I'd be interested to explore talking with you about your pro-science 'trolling'. Drop me an email at relatingtotherapy@gmail.com with email contact details and we can take it from there.
I'm somewhat of a dying breed: a pro-vaccine, pro-science troll. I humiliate, harass, fact-check, and dig up dirt on anti-vaxxers. Some examples: I wrote a bit of Python code that filled in Mary Talley Bowden's "early treatment" survey 5000 times rendering the results unusable; I uncovered deranged paramedic Harry Fisher's wife's divorce filings; I discovered that Paul Marik has a fraudulent credential on his CV; and I did the profile work-up that eventually identified the notorious Jikkyleaks as Dr Samir Saidi (although I myself picked the wrong Catholic German-speaking expat misogynist gynaecologist at the University of Sydney who also happens to be married to a midwife... what are the odds, someone else went the last mile). As someone on the pro-vaccine, pro-science side there are going to be differences between my work and the type of trolls you're discussing, but there are going to be similarities also. I'd be quite happy to "sit down" (virtually of course) to talk through my motivations if it would be of any use.
That's handy timing as I'm currently working on a follow up piece about troll packs in which JikkyLeaks gets a mention. So yes, I'd be interested to explore talking with you about your pro-science 'trolling'. Drop me an email at relatingtotherapy@gmail.com with email contact details and we can take it from there.