I've investigated the far-right, including as a journalist, over nearly two decades. No, it is absolutely not necessary to that work that one publicly follow horrific bigots on social media. - ThreadSky

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davidforbes.bsky.social • 78 days ago

I've investigated the far-right, including as a journalist, over nearly two decades.

No, it is absolutely not necessary to that work that one publicly follow horrific bigots on social media.

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davidforbes.bsky.social•78 days ago

I think there's aspects of good journalism - community chroniclers, independent investigators, dismantlers of old lies - that have a role in forging a better world.

But the journalism industry? The curdled, entitlement-drenched hate mill that wants so many of us dead? It needs to burn.

funkndonuts.bsky.social•77 days ago

you're not implying people that stayed on twitter all this time were there for engagement and audience capture are you

mxmetaphor.bsky.social•77 days ago

Literally just have a burner follow only account.

davidforbes.bsky.social•77 days ago

Or use sources or set up ways to monitor without directly following. There's a lot of other solid tactics too. Following a target you're monitoring from your personal account's actually a really bad one.

mxmetaphor.bsky.social•77 days ago

There are some people who need a cordon sanitaire. Total quarantine from direct interaction.

fit7.bsky.social•77 days ago

You have to manage your own intelligence feeds, while keeping yourself protected it's absolutely smart and I do it too

murielcook.bsky.social•77 days ago

It seems like an unnecessary risk to be like "hello here's my real name I'm watching you"

davidforbes.bsky.social•77 days ago

Yes, it's just a bad practice.

valkyrie.hacker.gf•78 days ago

haven't these clowns ever heard of alts?

davidforbes.bsky.social•78 days ago

Or sources? Apparently not. I'd say it was amateur hour but amateur antifash researchers generally have better practices than this crowd.

skreee.bsky.social•77 days ago

Or lists? Feeds? Bookmarks? Nono, you have to follow bigots and make their accounts look harmless, you absolutely have to!

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