Personal attacks on the new administration and even sexual innuendo made their way into the accounts’ Twitter streams. This raises the question of why these anonymous Twitter accounts were created in the first place. If their mission was to ensure trustworthy and reliable communication of climate change science to the public, why create a secretive anonymous Twitter account? It was only in the absence of such a centralized authoritative branded voice that these “rogue” accounts justified springing into existence. It also shows that when established marque organizations fail to step into an information void, anonymous accounts will quickly do so.

Source: Forbes January 28, 2017 05:04 UTC