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People in school snooping on my Twitter page

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Original post by Joe2001

I'm not just going to let him read my tweets out in order to humiliate me. That's all it was. He can read them to his heart's content, but nothing further.

You
Don't
Get
To
Decide
What
Anyone
Does
With
Your
Public
Tweets.

Which part of that isn't penetrating?

Now grow up.

Reply 21

Doones

If you think he's bullying or harassing you mention it to a teacher.

The fact it's your Twitter posts isn't really relevant, they are public. Make your account private, as I said earlier.

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Reply 22

username3161682

Original post by Doonesbury

I completely agree with your comment. The posts aren't the problem, it's that he is using them in order to harass me and expose me for being the person that I am.

Reply 23

Good bloke

Original post by Joe2001

expose me for being the person that I am.

if you think it through, I think you will find that you expose yourself for the person that you are.

Reply 24

username3161682

Original post by Good bloke

if you think it through, I think you will find that you expose yourself for the person that you are.

Sorry, my phrasing was off there. What I meant was that some guys have targeted me for being more feminine and struggling to fit in, and those posts just gave them more ammunition.

Reply 25

Doones

Original post by Joe2001

Sorry, my phrasing was off there. What I meant was that some guys have targeted me for being more feminine and struggling to fit in, and those posts just gave them more ammunition.

But you are giving the "ammunition".

Make your account private.

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Reply 26

Good bloke

Original post by Joe2001

those posts just gave them more ammunition.

Well, you know the adage: When you are in a hole, stop digging.

Don't share your innermost secrets with the public.And remember also, Nobody ever went far wrong in having a low opinion of the public's intelligence or kindness.

Reply 27

username3161682

Original post by Doonesbury

But you are giving the "ammunition".

Make your account private.

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Fair enough. The problem is that if I follow someone, can they still see what I am saying? Like, if I am tweeting them something.

Reply 28

niamhdoesmaths

If you don't want people to talk about things you've tweeted, there are two options:

(a) Don't tweet things you don't want being passed around
(b) Protect your tweets (so long as these people don't follow you)

Once you publish something online it's no longer really "yours". People can do with it what they want. Hardly an invasion of privacy - you've put those details out there for everyone to see in the first place.

Now what I'd recommend is to listen to what people have been telling you and protect your tweets, rather than avoiding it and making a situation out of, well, very little. If the teasing/bullying is the issue, take it up with your school/college. The tweets themselves aren't.

Reply 29

Doones

Original post by Joe2001

Fair enough. The problem is that if I follow someone, can they still see what I am saying? Like, if I am tweeting them something.

If you reply to their tweets that person can see it.

And people you authorise to follow your account can see your tweets.

https://help.twitter.com/en/safety-and-security/public-and-protected-tweets

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Reply 30

Charles III

Original post by Joe2001

I completely agree with your comment. The posts aren't the problem, it's that he is using them in order to harass me and expose me for being the person that I am.

It's not nice to be harassed, so if you don't like people using public content as ammunition to bully or belittle you, you should...
Make your account private. :smile:

Reply 31

username3161682

Just made my account private. Now the twits won't be able to see a thing!

Reply 32

Doones

Original post by Joe2001

Just made my account private. Now the twits won't be able to see a thing!

They will if they were already following the account. You would have to identify and block them.

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Reply 33

Wolfram Alpha

Original post by Paracosm

It's not nice to be harassed, so if you don't like people using public content as ammunition to bully or belittle you, you should...
Make your account private. :smile:

Why am I unable to PM you?

Reply 34

Charles III

Original post by Wolfram Alpha

Why am I unable to PM you?

I'm really not sure, I can PM you?

Reply 35

Wolfram Alpha

Original post by Paracosm

I'm really not sure, I can PM you?

Yes, do that...

Reply 36

VividBandicoot

Original post by Joe2001

I'm not just going to let him read my tweets out in order to humiliate me. That's all it was. He can read them to his heart's content, but nothing further.

Yes, you are right he was acting rude by reading it out and trying to get a reaction from you, people can be dicks. But YOU posted it online which makes its ultimately YOUR fault in the end. If you only want close followers seeing your opinions of strictly come dancing or LGBT issues, then make the account private. If you want to keep it public, then well you have to accept the risk that comes with that.