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Kiwi Farms is the scum of the earth. Sadly it has many victims.

geofft 5y ago
This terrifies me: > Near survived that. Many wouldn’t, but Near was strong enough to overcome that level of emotional abuse. But Kiwi Farms is relentless. Not to be defeated in their pursuit of utter emotional and psychological destruction, they went after who Near treasured most: their friends. Doxing some, directly harassing others, and even specifically seeking out suicidal people to target. > That broke Near. [...] > Some of you may be aware of Near’s notoriously paranoid opsec. After getting to know them, it became clear this was a defense mechanism; a product of all the abuse they received over their entire life. Not that I'm doing anything particularly likely to attract the attention of the worst part of the internet (but then, you'd hope that "writing some emulators and going by 'they'" shouldn't either), but, I've thought about it and decided I can deal with people going after me. To some extent, I can be careful about opsec; to some extent, if someone goes after me, I'm all right with that. But what if they go after other people in the name of targeting me? What if they go after my friends, or even my family, who has very little say in what I do? What if my parents, who have never had to care about opsec in their lives and like most people's parents own a house and have their real names on it, get SWATted because some monster on an internet forum hates me? How am I supposed to respond except by deciding, I will not do anything with my life that could attract Kiwi Farms' attention? This is terrorism, and I am terrified.
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- Ygg2 5y ago
  Interestingly enough according to Null, the KF operator, Near did try to close that thread, offering $120000 or threathening suicide. It does seem contain pictures that I have no idea how Null could have found it. https://kiwifarms.net/threads/byuu-byuu_nyan-setsunakun0.43056/page-14 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/byuu-byuu_nyan-setsunakun0.430...
- shitler 5y ago
  Please provide any evidence that anyone from kiwi farms has ever swatted anyone, you quivering little Karen. "What if a Twitter bluecheck literally shoots someone with a gun? This is terrorism." Like sure, if you make things up that involve actual violence and not fee fees being hurt it sounds bad.
ngcazz 5y ago
Looked them up. How is it that they aren’t getting prosecuted _right now_?
- philpem 5y ago
  Good question. Assuming you're US based - Why not write a letter to your representatives, asking them why the police ignore and dismiss online harassment, and why a single US citizen continues to be allowed to operate what is solely a hate site? If legal pressure isn't enough, why not try political pressure?
  - ngcazz 5y ago
    I'm not US-based but I imagine this requires international cooperation in any case
- treloon 5y ago
  Because nothing they do is illegal?

This terrifies me: > Near survived that. Many wouldn’t, but Near was strong enough to overcome that level of emotional abuse. But Kiwi Farms is relentless. Not to be defeated in their pursuit of utter emotional and psychological destruction, they went after who Near treasured most: their friends. Doxing some, directly harassing others, and even specifically seeking out suicidal people to target. > That broke Near. [...] > Some of you may be aware of Near’s notoriously paranoid opsec. After getting to know them, it became clear this was a defense mechanism; a product of all the abuse they received over their entire life. Not that I'm doing anything particularly likely to attract the attention of the worst part of the internet (but then, you'd hope that "writing some emulators and going by 'they'" shouldn't either), but, I've thought about it and decided I can deal with people going after me. To some extent, I can be careful about opsec; to some extent, if someone goes after me, I'm all right with that. But what if they go after other people in the name of targeting me? What if they go after my friends, or even my family, who has very little say in what I do? What if my parents, who have never had to care about opsec in their lives and like most people's parents own a house and have their real names on it, get SWATted because some monster on an internet forum hates me? How am I supposed to respond except by deciding, I will not do anything with my life that could attract Kiwi Farms' attention? This is terrorism, and I am terrified.

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Ygg2 5y ago
Interestingly enough according to Null, the KF operator, Near did try to close that thread, offering $120000 or threathening suicide. It does seem contain pictures that I have no idea how Null could have found it. https://kiwifarms.net/threads/byuu-byuu_nyan-setsunakun0.43056/page-14 https://kiwifarms.net/threads/byuu-byuu_nyan-setsunakun0.430...
shitler 5y ago
Please provide any evidence that anyone from kiwi farms has ever swatted anyone, you quivering little Karen. "What if a Twitter bluecheck literally shoots someone with a gun? This is terrorism." Like sure, if you make things up that involve actual violence and not fee fees being hurt it sounds bad.

ngcazz 5y ago

Looked them up. How is it that they aren’t getting prosecuted _right now_?

philpem 5y ago
Good question. Assuming you're US based - Why not write a letter to your representatives, asking them why the police ignore and dismiss online harassment, and why a single US citizen continues to be allowed to operate what is solely a hate site? If legal pressure isn't enough, why not try political pressure?
- ngcazz 5y ago
  I'm not US-based but I imagine this requires international cooperation in any case
treloon 5y ago
Because nothing they do is illegal?