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Katie Barker Twitter

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Gunk · 15/08/2019 11:23

I have never heard of this person before but she has popped up on my timeline this morning. She describes herself as GC feminist. No one can seem to follow her. Everyone that does follow her, is immediately removed. I have clicked on the follow button several times this morning already but as soon as you refresh, it’s gone.

mobile.twitter.com/KatieSBarker

Katie Barker Twitter
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MissLawls · 15/08/2019 12:21

She is shadow banned I think. I've no idea how long those kind of bans last. It's horrible the way some women are treated on Twitter. But it's a useful reminder that it remains a man's world and women are only ever tolerated in it. Online is no different; in some ways it's way waaay worse.

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Gunk · 15/08/2019 12:38

I’ve been on Twitter for over 8 years and I have never come across this. Mind you I’m new to GC. It’s awful!

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Ambroise · 15/08/2019 15:57

Tentatively raises hand to say that I am Katie Barker and I have no idea why all of my followers were purged or why no one is able to follow me now. Twitter are not responding to my emails or DMs.

Manderleyagain · 15/08/2019 16:11

Hello. I tried to follow you (different name) but then later I'm no longer following.
Did you have a suspension, or any notification, or is it completely out of the blue? The Streisand Effect will be strong!

Ambroise · 15/08/2019 16:20

I was locked out for suspicious activity but wasn’t able to unlock, so contacted twitter. They told me I was locked for abusive behaviour, but no reports against me had been upheld. They unlocked me immediately but the follower saga has been ongoing since then.

Katie Barker Twitter
Katie Barker Twitter
Manderleyagain · 15/08/2019 16:54

Weird. I usually go with the cockup rather than conspiracy theory, but the number of gcf who have been thrown off twitter (another round recently) makes it very very suspicious. Is this what they do instead thinking it would be quieter?

Ambroise · 15/08/2019 17:22

I was happy to believe it a glitch but they will not respond to any emails or DMs about the situation. Either way it’s been a frustrating few days.

TerfTalk · 15/08/2019 17:37

I just tried to follow you and had the same problem. Sad

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Gunk · 15/08/2019 18:00

I don’t usually go down the whole conspiracy route but it’s been too long for it to be a glitch. And the fact they aren’t responding to you speaks volumes. I’m sorry you’re having this problem.

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Ambroise · 15/08/2019 18:05

Thanks. Feeling a bit down about it really, which is silly as it’s only Twitter.

MoleSmokes · 15/08/2019 19:16

I had to follow you a few times but this time it seems to have stuck @Ambroise (I have got a different name on Twitter).

You are up to nearly 5K Followers now - let's hope it's not down to zero again tomorrow morning!

Ambroise · 15/08/2019 19:19

Seems to be fixed now Smile

I suspect a lot of the 5000 will be off now they can actually read my tweets.

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Gunk · 15/08/2019 19:46

Yay! It’s stuck now!

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Voice0fReason · 15/08/2019 22:43

I've followed you a number of times over the last few days but the most recent one from a few hours ago seems to have stuck.
Hope it is sorted for you now.

littlbrowndog · 15/08/2019 22:44

💪💪🥊 Katie

Manderleyagain · 15/08/2019 23:01

It stuck soon after Tanni Grey Thompson tweeted about it. Maybe they listen to Baronesses.

Ambroise · 16/08/2019 08:35

Tanni was great, she was DMing me and trying to get Twitter to respond.

It’s a relief to get it sorted, it would be nice to know what happened and why but seems unlikely Twitter will respond to me now.

Manderleyagain · 16/08/2019 15:30

Oh dear. Reports on twitter that her account is deleted (not by her), and she has disappeared from my following list.

Ambroise · 16/08/2019 15:34

I do appear to have disappeared from Twitter. It won’t let me log in and resetting the password hasn’t worked because apparently my account doesn’t exist. I’ve submitted a help request, but considering the ‘we can’t help you’ reply I got last time, I’m not holding my breath.

OvaHere · 16/08/2019 15:48

That's crap. More war on women by twitter no doubt.

M0RVEN · 16/08/2019 15:56

I’ve never heard of her or interacted with her. But I tried to follow her out of interest and was told that she had blocked me.

I’m probably on some T**F blocker lists.

Ambroise · 16/08/2019 16:04

I definitely don’t subscribe to any of those lists, I’m on them all myself. I have a few abusive TRAs blocked but that’s it. Twitter wasn’t letting anyone follow me at all, I promise it wasn’t me.

Manderleyagain · 16/08/2019 16:48

You were following me, but now have disappeared. I am v new to twitter so only have 17 followers (including you), and that's the number it gives, but when I count the people that are showing in my followers list its only 16.... Spooky
So you are not there but yet still there.

beagadorsrock · 16/08/2019 17:08

That is just so ridiculous! Do you think your account might have been hacked and made to do something that would trigger a deletion?

Ambroise · 16/08/2019 17:26

I’ve reported it as suspected hacking, but so far no word from twitter. I’ve had a few password reset emails so I think someone was either trying to hack me or doxx me. I know I keep being reported for criticisng TRAs saying ‘suck my dick’ but none were upheld.

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