Jenny TipsforME
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Not specific to this situation, but high volume negative response does seem to backfire. It enables marginalised, essentially powerless people to be rebranded as bullies, which should be laughable but is actually very serious if it loses public support. I think retweets which are naming someone in a pressurising or negative way come under this (I separate this from eg #PACEgate which is about a flawed study rather than a person). Ben Goldacre will probably get alerts, depending on his settings. If someone did that to me it would really stress me out and not result in a positive dialogue (ie it would be the least effective way to communicate with me!).
In my opinion, most of the time we need to interact more broadly with different people rather than lots of focused rting. For example, the #openscience connection seems worth exploring. I noticed that researchers interested in open data are on board with requesting the PACE data. Obviously it ties in with their existing interests so little persuasion necessary.
Anyway, probably too serious for Christmas Eve. I'm meant to be getting up now for family lunch. I shall be tweeting seasonal trending # with a #MEcfs #RT4ME twist!
In my opinion, most of the time we need to interact more broadly with different people rather than lots of focused rting. For example, the #openscience connection seems worth exploring. I noticed that researchers interested in open data are on board with requesting the PACE data. Obviously it ties in with their existing interests so little persuasion necessary.
Anyway, probably too serious for Christmas Eve. I'm meant to be getting up now for family lunch. I shall be tweeting seasonal trending # with a #MEcfs #RT4ME twist!