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Archive of account page as of now: archive.vn/JK8GD
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Archive: archive.vn/lgOkP
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metoostem.com/ourteam/
Current archive: archive.vn/9L81M
Older archive of Our Team: archive.vn/XNbqC
documentcloud.org/documents/6092…
Archive: archive.is/5oL5D
(No indication that any ASU prof has died: )
After doing more research I deciding to continue adding to this thread. Some commentary and questions about community responsibility at the end.
While this may be just a wild/funny story to you, real people were taken advantage of and in some cases believed a person was real for almost 4 years.
The reason I decided to write about this case is because I think there are lessons here for others who weren’t involved with these people.
help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-p…
Archive: archive.vn/FEaTk
Permanent suspensions can be appealed but are rarely reversed.
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More on suspended accounts.
help.twitter.com/en/managing-yo…
archive.vn/6b4ss
documentcloud.org/documents/6092…
and noted that both documents came from this Buzzfeed article linked in tweet #11.
Archive: archive.vn/IopTO
proflikesubstance.scientopia.org/2016/12/20/win…
shesc.asu.edu/people/faculty
See also thread in tweet #18 from a reporter at @azcentral.
Archive of full thread:
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munchause…
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catfishing
my.clevelandclinic.org/health/disease…
“Dying to be Ill” devotes a whole chapter to Munchausen by Internet.
The complaint against McLaughlin in tweet #12 may also be an interesting read.
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/defineDARV…
I’m working on a thread on this topic that I hope to tweet later this week.
archive.vn/AIsq1
I didn’t think to check SocialBlade last night but fortunately the data for McLNeuro’s account is still there.
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If viewing archive pages, scroll right to see part of page that is obscured.
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twitter.com/MeTooSTEM
shadowban.eu/metoostem
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L: archive.is/JtUKZ
R: archive.vn/WZHNl
Excellent reporting from @rachelleingang at on BethAnn McLaughlin (McLNeuro) & Sciencing_Bi.
Article goes into what she found out from ASU & the head of the Dept of American Indian Studies at the University of Arizona. Points to hoax.
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thedailybeast.com/inside-the-sic…
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insidehighered.com/news/2020/08/0…
After giving differing statements to multiple media outlets, BethAnn McLaughlin (McLNeuro) has admitted to the NYT via a statement sent by her lawyer that she created Sciencing_Bi.