"There are now at least 14 "rogue" Twitter accounts from federal science agencies:"

[demmiblue]

Link to tweet

Ha! There are now over 40 accounts!


https://twitter.com/StollmeyerEU/lists/twistance/members

[leftynyc]

1. I just followed every single one listed

Everyone on twitter should do the same. These people need our support because the degenerate is going to come down like a ton of bricks on them.

[Chiquitita]

2. Doing the same

Go Science. I love their demand: "What do we want? Peer-reviewed science! When do we want it? Yesterday!"

[Sherman A1]

3. I haven't been on twitter, but this

may give me cause to do so.

[leftynyc]

8. I've only been on since September

And I very rarely tweet - half a dozen times if that but I do follow and retweet. If for no other reason, there is some really funny stuff there and I laugh out loud at least once a day at the brilliant cleverness of fellow liberals. It's worth it just for that.

[PearliePoo2]

4. Can you give me advice please? I'm clueless about twitter but this post makes me want sign up.

I'd really like to support these agencies that are being silenced. This is beyond frightening.
Are there any precautions I should think about in setting up an account? How much information about myself am I required to reveal? Do you use your real name and address?
Thanks for any help!

[demmiblue]

6. I believe the minimal amount of info is an e-mail address and a password...

the rest is up to you (from what I remember).

My Twitter account did get hacked years ago. The hacker posted one tweet about weight loss.

[PearliePoo2]

7. Wow...you were hacked. That's scary and exactly what I want to avoid.

I don't want to be stalked by weirdos either.
Can you remove offensive tweets that trolls might put on your account?

[demmiblue]

19. Among others things, you can block accounts and only let approved people view your tweets.

Once you create an account, got directly to the privacy page to view your options.

I basically only use mine to follow others. It makes for a great news feed.

I think there are more options regarding keeping your password safe than there were when I joined.

[bettyellen]

26. Just get a throwaway extra email account you only give to retailers etc

People who will spam you and never use it yourself.

[leftynyc]

11. It's very easy

I think an email is all that is required (I honestly don't remember but I'm loathe to give out any personal info on the internet so I think I would have remembered that). I very rarely tweet - usually just in response to something interesting (saying good read or something simple like that). I do retweet and follow around 120 accounts. As I said above, there are some very funny people out there on our side and it's worth it just for the at least one laugh a day I get. You can always deactivate your account if you find it's not for you. Pick a screen name and an avatar (I use one of my very beautiful cats) and you're off. Feel free to privately DU mail me if you think I can help.

[PearliePoo2]

16. Hey, thanks a lot. Ok, I'm heading off to tweetville!

[leftynyc]

17. Great

If you want to follow me (and really, all I do is retweet but it's some pretty either funny or informative stuff), I'm (((sundance1220))). One recommendation - keep an eye on who is following you and don't automatically follow them back - it's easy to do, just keep an eye on the "notification" tab which is right on the top of the screen. It lists anyone who follows you. I recently found someone I'm pretty sure is a russian hooker or something and think they try and do that to all liberals who, by not really thinking it out, follow back anyone who follows them. I not only don't follow back, I block them from following me. If you're proactive about stuff like that, you can't run into trouble. Have fun!!!

[PearliePoo2]

18. Whoa...more good advice! Thanks again!!

I've started reading just three twitter accounts so far: Malcolm Nance, Sam Stein and David Corn. Pretty informative so far! I'm going to read (follow) Joy Reid now too.

[leftynyc]

20. I also follow Rachel Maddow

and Chris Hayes, Bill Maher, CNN, BBC, The Guardian - a lot of straight news sources which are great for breaking news and then I look at different topics and suggestions are made about people to follow - take a look at their profiles and see if you're interested. I started slow but have to admit I didn't expect to enjoy twitter as much as I do. Don't bother following trump - if he says something worth seeing, someone you follow will undoubtedly retweet it. I also follow conservative voices that came out from the beginning against the degenerate and haven't wavered (Anna Navarro and Jennifer Rubin for example).

[demmiblue]

21. Two more tips:

1) If you followed someone you like, click on the tab to see who they are following. This helps expand your list of those with similar interests/viewpoints.

2) If someone (famous/well-known) has a check by their name, it means that the account has been verified (i.e. it is actually them). There are many 'fake' accounts out there!

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[PearliePoo2]

22. Cool! Check for the BLUE check! So Joy follows 3,856 people!

THAT would keep a person VERY busy!
Thank you!

[bettyellen]

27. Joy has two accounts- @Lawrence is L ODonnell. I PMd you my

twitter info if you want to follow as I have a lot of good Dem activists in my list.

[leftynyc]

37. I just realized I switched out my avatar

last weekend. I took my beloved Butch off and put the great American bald eagle wearing a pussy hat. I LOVE that jpeg.

[jeffreyi]

25. Started following you

Any significance to ((( )))?

I'm a twitter neophyte also

[bettyellen]

28. Those brackets are used by neo Nazis to refer to Jews ..

Not a good idea!

[leftynyc]

31. That's a giant fuck you to the nazis

and white nationalists. They were using ((())) around someone's name to identify them as Jewish. Many, many of us decided to just save them the trouble and throw it into their pathetic faces. Sundance is one of my cats, Butch is the one in my avatar (so both are included in my twitter life). I will definitely follow you back. Hope you have a wonderful experience.

[bettyellen]

29. The brackets you used are also used by neo-Nazis to ID Jewish people....

I'm guessing you did not know that.

[leftynyc]

32. I absolutely do

Many of us Jews decided to say fuck you, you want to identify me as Jewish? I'm a proud Jew and knock yourself out. You'll find that many of us that are proud Jews have done the same thing.

[bettyellen]

33. Oh okay- hadn't seen that. Someone else asked so I responded because I know on DU...

I'd also seen them used to express feelings like (((good vibes))). So was not sure honestly!

[leftynyc]

34. No worries

I used to use them to indicate hugs. But once I saw the bannon's of the world trying to intimidate us (and that's exactly what it was), we gladly picked up the brick and threw it back at them.

[liberaltrucker]

35. I just sent you a private tweet

Following.

[leftynyc]

38. I'll be following you back

It's been a busy day so I haven't been on twitter much today. It's what I scroll through when on conference calls and such.

[lamp_shade]

23. Same here. Good idea.

[Sanity Claws]

5. I don't have a twitter account - yet.

This activism will change that. I will create an account just to follow these great sites.

[boston bean]

9. GO HERE TO EASILY FOLLOW EVERY ACCOUNT

https://twitter.com/StollmeyerEU/lists/twistance/members

[SamKnause]

13. Thank you, thank you, thank you !!!

[leftynyc]

15. Wanted to add my thanks

for you providing that list. It makes it super easy to follow all those accounts. You've done a tremendous service today.

[fleur-de-lisa]

24. Thanks for that link! That's fantastic! eom

[MFM008]

30. Says page doesn't exist

Someone must have hacked it.
Ive followed 40 resistance orgs since last night.
RESIST!

[boston bean]

36. I can still get to it.

[fleur-de-lisa]

39. I was able to go to it and follow every one of them.

Of course, that was this morning.

[SamKnause]

10. I have a Twitter account that I have never used.

How do I follow all these accounts ???

Do I just follow Eric Holthaus ???

[leftynyc]

12. The extremely helpful list

provided in the post just above yours makes it very easy. Just go down the list and in the blue boxes, click so it says "following". Easy as pie.

[SamKnause]

14. Thank you.