"Apparently being a self-obsessed C**t is now academically lauded": experiencing twitter trolling of autoethnographers

Online hostility and mockery, often known as "trolling", is a phenomenon almost as old as the internet itself. Nevertheless, the rise in trolling aimed at researchers using non-traditional, creative methodologies, such as autoethnography, remains severely under-explored. This essay seeks to fill the gap in the literature and make a contribution to the discourse on autoethnographic research. Writin…