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You are, unfortunately, not the first to be misled by my impersonator.

I've done what I can to get that account blocked: I have reported him for impersonation to Twitter years ago, after his previous accounts, and I have asked my followers to report the account to get it banned, and I have asked again just now. If any HNers would like to take a moment to report the false troll https://x.com/gwernbranwen1 account for impersonation of my real Twitter account, https://x.com/gwern , I would be grateful - there must be some number of reports at which he'll finally be banned...

But Twitter takes forever to ban impersonation accounts, so, 'gwernbranwen1' keeps on tweeting that crap.

(Why, you might wonder? I don't know. I have no idea who or why whoever is behind that account does it. They have never explained it anywhere I've seen, nor do they seem to particularly hate me or are trying to ruin my reputation; their main fixation seems to be misogynist hatred of a few women like Julia Wise. I've met Julia Wise all of once, who is a nice woman who I liked, but I otherwise have no particular connection to her, and I have no idea why anyone would want to harass her online like that or why they would do so under my name. It's just the Internet, I guess: https://gwern.net/littlewood )




Whoa, look at that - the impersonator is suspended now.




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