Social Media trolls

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I have hesitated to post about this because as a result of my experiences I do not need any more nastiness.
I have a troll or trolls on Social Media. It has been going on for years. There are signs that the troll(s) might know an awful lot about me so I think they might be people I know rather than random people. At times I get more worried about this other times I think they are just cowards.
I have reported this to the various social media companies but no change. I have told Police but they say is it not bad enough for them to deal with. I was also told that as most of the social media companies are not UK so they are beyond local police.
I read about how the abuse of England football players is going to be investigated and those responsible will be named to police in the UK.
I am disappointed that I can not have the troll(s) contacting me investigated similarly.
AIBU?

@ElementalIllusions your post at 12.44 that just about sums it up. This might include flying monkeys. Changes in attitude have been noted in some people.
@Mountaingoatling your post at 13.12 is close. There were problems then of someone overstepping the mark

OK. Well then I understand this is all a lot more difficult for you than I might have thought from the first post. Would you feel able to go back to the police giving more family background? Rather than 'trolls' this sounds like an abusive family member persisting in contact. They may advise you to block them and that may feel difficult for you. But they may give you a bit more support. Remember if the police do contact them, these people will know you have complained too. Have you thought about that? You sound terribly vulnerable right now.

@Mountaingoatling I do think that the abusive person is involved somewhere or it could be those who are convinced of his lies or sob story. I know I have to be very careful because of the history and there are other reasons too. No matter what I do I am going to cause annoyance, real or not, I think the person would take offence at anything at all. As much as I don't like to accept it I do think that I am vulnerable. I am not the fittest of people. Thanks for understanding.

@MotionActivatedDog

OP leave your current social Media accounts running. But set up new ones with very private settings and only add people you absolutely trust and are sure aren’t the troll.

Or you could block the troll and if they are going to turn up at your work then they’re giving you more evidence to have them investigated by the police. Give them enough rope to hang them selves.

Setting up new accounts is good advice. Set them to private. Post just enough on your previous accounts to make them believe you still use it. Have some fun with it - post photos from your recent visit to Greenland...

Investigate the suspected troll accounts - google the usernames, look for clues in their tweets, who they follow, who interacts - I'll bet they arent smart enought to keep up their disguise.

As part of my job I do work online to help people stay secret - google for articles to avoid stalkers online - there are some great tips on the internet.

I dont want anyone appearing at work or any other places I go.

The whole point with trolls is that they hide behind a keyboard. They are cowards and would be highly unlikely to do anything face to face. Just block them.

@dorothysredshoe I know that this is a cowardly way to go about things and the person I suspect whether actually or at the back of it is the biggest coward going. They will always have a person as a back up often a child so that I can't really respond in an active manner

So are you going to take the PP's excellent advice to leave your SM accounts dormant and set up new ones, that are 100% locked down to the public?

@WorraLiberty That is exactly what I am going to do. I will only have certain trustworthy people on new social media

That's a good step, OP.

Yes, I was going to say the same. Deactivate the account, set up a new account with a different name and only let trusted people know about it