5 ms·

>The members seem to have a strange, self-claimed moral authority. The posts are a mix of records of what they have done to harass people, updates on past targe

>The members seem to have a strange, self-claimed moral authority. The posts are a mix of records of what they have done to harass people, updates on past targets, ideas for future hate, and justification about why this person deserves it. Sounds a lot like Twitter.

user-the-name 5y ago
Sounds nothing at all like Twitter. These are people who cheer when they drive someone to suicide. Do not diminish their utter depravity by comparing them to something far less extreme.
- neartheplain 5y ago
  No, this sounds exactly like Twitter. On Twitter, self-appointed mobs of the morally righteous call for violence against children [0], farm lulz from the killings of police officers [1], dox strangers to get them fired over off-color jokes [2], and endlessly harass and threaten certain conservative journalists and activists [3]. Actual Twitter employees harassed right-wing reporter Andy Ngo [4] after a real-world mob attack sent him to the ER with a brain hemmorhage, an event which "ACAB Twitter" continues to celebrate and remind him about. The trolls on Twitter blend in by being a few medium-sized fish in the ocean. The trolls on Kiwi Farms are more visible as big fish in their own small pond. They're ideologically flipped compared to Twitter trolls, but fundamentally alike in their methods, moral posturing, and disregard for basic human decency. They're all an enormous net-negative for humanity. [0] https://medium.com/@RevolutionaryId/twitter-democratizing-mobbing-high-profile-individuals-calling-for-violence-against-the-covington-ad18fae84840 https://medium.com/@RevolutionaryId/twitter-democratizing-mo... [1] https://twitter.com/halfsleeps/status/1320955923205033984 https://twitter.com/halfsleeps/status/1320955923205033984 [2] https://news.yahoo.com/journalist-apologizes-for--hasjustinelandedyet-twitter-uproar-after-pr-exec-s-aids-joke-164616178.html https://news.yahoo.com/journalist-apologizes-for--hasjustine... [3] https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/its-insane-were-having-a-debate-over https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/its-insane-were-having-a-... [4] https://archive.is/VGuZy https://archive.is/VGuZy
  - orf 5y ago
    No, it still doesn’t sound like Twitter.
    - treloon 5y ago
      Right, because when the harassers are woke it's heckin good and valid activism and when they're based it's bad and bullying.
    - shitler 5y ago
      Right, because when the harassers are woke it's heckin good and valid activism and when they're based it's bad and bullying.
papreclip 5y ago
The biggest difference is that you're thinking about a very nasty 0.1% of twitter that use the platform to harass, whereas harassment is the primary purpose of this site.

user-the-name 5y ago

Sounds nothing at all like Twitter. These are people who cheer when they drive someone to suicide. Do not diminish their utter depravity by comparing them to something far less extreme.

neartheplain 5y ago
No, this sounds exactly like Twitter. On Twitter, self-appointed mobs of the morally righteous call for violence against children [0], farm lulz from the killings of police officers [1], dox strangers to get them fired over off-color jokes [2], and endlessly harass and threaten certain conservative journalists and activists [3]. Actual Twitter employees harassed right-wing reporter Andy Ngo [4] after a real-world mob attack sent him to the ER with a brain hemmorhage, an event which "ACAB Twitter" continues to celebrate and remind him about. The trolls on Twitter blend in by being a few medium-sized fish in the ocean. The trolls on Kiwi Farms are more visible as big fish in their own small pond. They're ideologically flipped compared to Twitter trolls, but fundamentally alike in their methods, moral posturing, and disregard for basic human decency. They're all an enormous net-negative for humanity. [0] https://medium.com/@RevolutionaryId/twitter-democratizing-mobbing-high-profile-individuals-calling-for-violence-against-the-covington-ad18fae84840 https://medium.com/@RevolutionaryId/twitter-democratizing-mo... [1] https://twitter.com/halfsleeps/status/1320955923205033984 https://twitter.com/halfsleeps/status/1320955923205033984 [2] https://news.yahoo.com/journalist-apologizes-for--hasjustinelandedyet-twitter-uproar-after-pr-exec-s-aids-joke-164616178.html https://news.yahoo.com/journalist-apologizes-for--hasjustine... [3] https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/its-insane-were-having-a-debate-over https://jessesingal.substack.com/p/its-insane-were-having-a-... [4] https://archive.is/VGuZy https://archive.is/VGuZy
- orf 5y ago
  No, it still doesn’t sound like Twitter.
  - treloon 5y ago
    Right, because when the harassers are woke it's heckin good and valid activism and when they're based it's bad and bullying.
  - shitler 5y ago
    Right, because when the harassers are woke it's heckin good and valid activism and when they're based it's bad and bullying.

papreclip 5y ago

The biggest difference is that you're thinking about a very nasty 0.1% of twitter that use the platform to harass, whereas harassment is the primary purpose of this site.