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Lowtax was by all accounts a real piece of garbage by the end, but he undoubtedly created a place that changed the internet permanently. I find it kind of funn
by newbie789 5y ago
Lowtax was by all accounts a real piece of garbage by the end, but he undoubtedly created a place that changed the internet permanently.
I find it kind of funny the amount of ire he drew long before the abuse allegations surfaced though. For example, he was basically auto banned from Twitter by… somebody with the ability to make those decisions at their discretion. I’ve always wondered who that was. In my head, it’s always been a funny thought that Jack Dorsey is some embittered ex-goon that never got over losing $10. (I have no reason to believe this is the case, but it gives me a chuckle)
- cortesoft 5y ago"Auto banned" by somebody seems like a contradiction?
- newbie789 5y ago“Basically” was a modifier here, meant to indicate that he was not auto-banned in the traditional sense but rather quickly in a way that resembled being auto-banned.
- Reuzel 5y ago> Lowtax was by all accounts a real piece of garbage by the end Yeah, I heard his ex-wives had to carry the body outside in multiple garbage bags. Fitting.
- KennyBlanken 5y agoLot of ire for him getting banned from a private corporation's service, yet not much ire for him doing him doing nothing to stop people on his forums from harassing the shit out of dozens if not hundreds of people - criminal behavior in many jurisdictions. Or the fact that he apparently planned his suicide out enough that he purportedly intentionally spent all the money in the joint account he had with his wife before he killed himself. Made sure his lawyer got paid, but left his kids high and dry. Dude was a piece of shit in real life and online, through both his own behavior and what he enabled and willfully allowed to happen.
- ocdtrekkie 5y agoI felt real ashamed of the 10bux I gave Lowtax (years ago) after reading about how he treated his wife. There's a GoFundMe for her and her kids, and I sent them 10bux a couple days ago to make me feel better.
- flomo 5y agoSomething awful dot com was also blackholed by Google for many years because they did something to piss-off the internet overlords. (For most of the 2000s, you could google for "JeffK" and SA wouldn't show up until like page 20.) I view Lowtax like Norm McDonald or many other people who provided me a lot of mirth years ago. I would rather not know if they turned out to be a terrible person or not. RIP internet funny man.
- thrower123 5y ago> created a place that changed the internet permanently. Not in a particularly positive way. It seems like every truly awful person I've interacted with online has roots back to SA.
- shadowgovt 5y agoSA's sweep was so wide that it encompassed both ends of the spectrum. A lot of good stuff also originated there, including the Welcome to Night Vale podcast drama series.
- jestar_jokin 5y agoI know Tom Scott, known now for his YouTube videos, was on the forums (I produced a remix for a charity single he made). He's turned out overwhelmingly wholesome and level-headed.
- watwut 5y ago> I find it kind of funny the amount of ire he drew long before the abuse allegations surfaced though. People have to deal with and react to abusive people years and years before big abuse happens and becomes public. That sort of behavior don't comes out of nowhere, but rather escalates over time.