In the recent post about how to avoid getting doxxed, there was an example of a dissident right figure named Dr Caveman who had his identity revealed by antifa. They go over how they did it in this document. I've taken the most salient points and summarized them so you can avoid this from happening to you.

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The key reasons antifa was able to doxx him:

• He had a visible account on a platform known to be massively comprised of leftists

• He publicly listed his city (Chicago), and had tweets labeled from the specific part in which he lived (Evanston), which happened to contain the university where he worked (Northwestern)

• He posted about not just his field (neuroscience) but his specific niche within that field (small animal brains and sleep rhythms)

• He maintained another public account on the same platform featuring his real name and face that also had his university and specific field of study in the bio

• He shared right-leaning tweets from his public account

• He often posted tweets on both accounts around the same time and with very similar phrasing

• He doxxed his cat on both accounts, sharing distinctive photos and specifying her name as "Chloe"

• He posted some edgy shit on his private account that made him more of a target and easier for real-world people to blame him after he had been doxxed. Some of this was just dumb rageposting, while others were racist jokes or controversial takes that he easily could have posted from a more-private account with no personal connections to him

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Other supplementary details on how he got doxxed:

• On his private account he posted an e-mail screenshot that revealed the department at the university where he worked (Northwestern, Chemistry of Life Processes)

• He posted photos taken from his apartment building on his private account

• He posted a video that included his voice, which was compared with a public voice interview he had done under his real name with a major media organization

• He posted a photo that included his reflection in a store window (albeit from the neck down), which was compared with a public photo of his physique

• He had accounts on different platforms that he posted content to, and all linked back to his Twitter account, meaning information could be cross-referenced between them (this is fine if you're trying to build a brand, but maybe not great if you're paranoid about getting doxxed)

• There were other miscellaneous similarities between his profiles, like using similar background pictures of his city that were also from the same photographer

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Guidelines we can learn from this:

• Decide exactly what risks you are willing to take. Many people out there could get doxxed and wouldn't miss a beat. Others would have a tough time of it but would eventually adapt. An unfortunate few like Dr Caveman would be absolutely devastated. If you're in the first category, you might post pictures, your location, and your job online without worrying. If you fall into the last category, be very careful about everything you put online.

• Have a support network of at least one IRL friend who agrees with you, if only on basic issues. Imagine if this guy even had one normie Republican friend who he could come to and say "yeah, I put some politically incorrect stuff on my Twitter and antifa tried to cancel me, can I hang at your place for a few days?" He would have been a lot better off.

• If you do get doxxed, don't panic. In the moment it may feel like your life is over, but in most cases the average person will forget all about most issues in a year. In just a few years, your doxxing will be a distant memory. And even if anyone confronts you about it then, you can brush it off with "That was a long time ago, I've changed." The best thing to do if you're doxxed is to lay low and wait for it all to blow over. Maybe take a vacation.

• It can be a good idea to clean up your old posts and comments. Feel free to leave up important stuff and effortposts, but delete anything that might contain personal info. Dr Caveman was tripped up by posts that he had only made once and that were several years old. Remember that to a doxxer, it doesn't matter if you made comments 5 minutes apart or 5 years apart. The information lingers just the same.

• Be careful about revealing your location. This hinges on the level of risk you are okay with taking, and whether you think you can contribute by sharing local information. If you are extremely security-conscious, you may not even want to mention your country. Others may be more comfortable sharing the region of the country they are in or their state. Only the least risk-averse should post about the region of the state they live in or their specific city, and even then only with good cause.

• If you plan to meet someone IRL, don't discuss it in a public forum. Use a private message. Don't tell them your address or the city in which you live. Find a restaurant, park, or other public venue that you can drive to but isn't right on top of your residence, and ask them to meet there. Bonus points if it's in a different city.

• Avoid specifying your job online. Especially avoid describing any particular niche you may work on, and ESPECIALLY don't mention your job AND your location even if they are in separate posts. You might make an exception for this if it's very relevant to the discussion, but be careful.

• Be extremely careful about sharing photos or videos. I wouldn't recommend doing this at all from a persistent profile unless you are okay with getting doxxed. There are so many factors that can reveal information, from EXIF data, to the surroundings, to reflections or shadows. There was even a recent case of a drug dealer in the UK who got doxxed after posting a photo of himself holding a piece of cheese - his face or body wasn't in the photo, but his fingerprints gave it away. You should only post a photo or video if there is a very good reason or if you don't mind getting doxxed at all, and even then either do it from a fairly normie account or on an anonymous imageboard, if at all.

• If Dr Caveman had used his Twitter for generic Trumpian talking points, or controversial but professional takes, his doxxers would have had little to pin on him. The fact that he had very edgy posts is what did him in. So if you're using an account for hardcore shitposting, it should have zero information about your job or location.

• Never post anything glowy or that can be construed as a threat of violence.

• If you have a private political account and a public personal account on the same platform, make sure they don't have the same information as to your location, job, or other details. Don't use similar images or similar phrasing. Maybe even consider not logging in or posting at the same time on both.

• This may not work for everyone, but reconsider living in a heavily-blue city like Chicago as well as working in a heavily-blue field like academia, especially if you want to have a very right-wing social media account that discusses your job. And if you do all this, be extremely careful about what you put on that account, and have a back-up plan just in case you get doxxed.

• Don't think of yourself as "too smart" to get doxxed. Dr Caveman was clearly a smart guy. It's only looking back in retrospect at the totality of his choices that they seem foolish. Don't get overconfident, just use basic preventative measures and make sure to clean up your past history of anything personally identifying.