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On June 27, 2021, Near posted a suicidal note on Twitter, disclosing the extent of the harassment they had faced from the website Kiwi Farms. Héctor Martín Cant

On June 27, 2021, Near posted a suicidal note on Twitter, disclosing the extent of the harassment they had faced from the website Kiwi Farms. Héctor Martín Cantero later announced he had confirmed Near's death with the police. One month later, their death was confirmed by their employer to USA Today.[12] Near was non-binary.[13][14][15][12] I found this on wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higan_(emulator) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higan_(emulator). I believe the "he faked his death" theory was started by those same people on Kiwi Farms: https://kiwifarms.net/search/11124242/?q=byuu&o=relevance https://kiwifarms.net/search/11124242/?q=byuu&o=relevance

user-the-name 5y ago
> I believe the "he faked his death" theory was started by those same people on Kiwi Farms: It absolutely, 100% is. Kiwifarms is absolutely vile, and will spread any lie that serves their purpose and masks how despicable they are. Trust absolutely nothing that comes out of Kiwifarms.
- RealityVoid 5y ago
  Really naive question here, but... what _is_ their purpose? Do they have some sort of binding ideology? LE: I just... googled them and looked at the wiki. What the fuck? This is just... way worse than I imagined, at first glance. They seem to celebrate their targets commiting suicide and their whole goal is harassing people. In this, i think they are waaay worse than politically motivated harrassers, at least the politically motivated ones want some sort of end result that is, in their twisted view, better than the status quo. Kiwifarmers seem to just want to destroy people. What the fuck.
  - user-the-name 5y ago
    It is absolutely sick. And they build up these huge elaborate structures of lies to convince themselves that actually, they are the good guys and whoever they are going after deserves it. They don't care at all about truth when doing this, they will just latch onto anything and twist it to justify what they are doing. It's basically a shared mental illness enabled through the internet. Absolutely terrifying.
  - Minor49er 5y ago
    They're basically a gossip forum that keeps tabs on what people share about themselves publicly if they find a given person particularly amusing.
    - user-the-name 5y ago
      This is a massive, gross misrepresentation. And you need to leave that site now, forget every lie its told you, and try to comprehend just how evil and damaging it actually is.
Minor49er 5y ago
Between Héctor and the CNN article, we have two statements that Byuu is dead. Not even quotes or anything. And certainly no documentation. Obituaries are public information, so those should be easily obtained. Somehow, in nearly half a year, nobody has obtained any of those.
- andruc 5y ago
  For someone who wanted to be left alone, it's very strange to me how their death is under so much scrutiny. Dead or alive, Near is gone. Let them rest.
  - Minor49er 5y ago
    Claims of suicide are serious. Byuu has a lot of fans, and they have been reacting badly to this false news. It shouldn't be that strange. But in either case, I agree: we should let him be.
- sparky_z 5y ago
  I assume you're referring to the USA Today article, which did, in fact, include a quote. You do realize that obituaries don't just happen? Your loved ones (or your estate, etc) have to pay the newspaper to run them. If they don't, then nothing happens. There's no government agency out there making sure everybody gets an obituary. Here's my question to you. Show me an example of the "documentation" you want for somebody, anybody, else. If it's public information that's so easy to find, I'm sure you'll have no trouble at all pointing to an example. After all, people die in Japan everyday.
  - Minor49er 5y ago
    How about you show me the documentation since you're claiming that he's dead. All we have is his friend claiming that he's been cremated, but only has a picture of an alleged urn and a couple of claims of death with little context. No family members have come forward. No anything, really. It's rather macabre to argue this hard with so little evidence when you should be happy that Byuu is still alive somewhere, living his life.

user-the-name 5y ago

> I believe the "he faked his death" theory was started by those same people on Kiwi Farms: It absolutely, 100% is. Kiwifarms is absolutely vile, and will spread any lie that serves their purpose and masks how despicable they are. Trust absolutely nothing that comes out of Kiwifarms.

RealityVoid 5y ago
Really naive question here, but... what _is_ their purpose? Do they have some sort of binding ideology? LE: I just... googled them and looked at the wiki. What the fuck? This is just... way worse than I imagined, at first glance. They seem to celebrate their targets commiting suicide and their whole goal is harassing people. In this, i think they are waaay worse than politically motivated harrassers, at least the politically motivated ones want some sort of end result that is, in their twisted view, better than the status quo. Kiwifarmers seem to just want to destroy people. What the fuck.
- user-the-name 5y ago
  It is absolutely sick. And they build up these huge elaborate structures of lies to convince themselves that actually, they are the good guys and whoever they are going after deserves it. They don't care at all about truth when doing this, they will just latch onto anything and twist it to justify what they are doing. It's basically a shared mental illness enabled through the internet. Absolutely terrifying.
- Minor49er 5y ago
  They're basically a gossip forum that keeps tabs on what people share about themselves publicly if they find a given person particularly amusing.
  - user-the-name 5y ago
    This is a massive, gross misrepresentation. And you need to leave that site now, forget every lie its told you, and try to comprehend just how evil and damaging it actually is.

Minor49er 5y ago

Between Héctor and the CNN article, we have two statements that Byuu is dead. Not even quotes or anything. And certainly no documentation. Obituaries are public information, so those should be easily obtained. Somehow, in nearly half a year, nobody has obtained any of those.

andruc 5y ago
For someone who wanted to be left alone, it's very strange to me how their death is under so much scrutiny. Dead or alive, Near is gone. Let them rest.
- Minor49er 5y ago
  Claims of suicide are serious. Byuu has a lot of fans, and they have been reacting badly to this false news. It shouldn't be that strange. But in either case, I agree: we should let him be.
sparky_z 5y ago
I assume you're referring to the USA Today article, which did, in fact, include a quote. You do realize that obituaries don't just happen? Your loved ones (or your estate, etc) have to pay the newspaper to run them. If they don't, then nothing happens. There's no government agency out there making sure everybody gets an obituary. Here's my question to you. Show me an example of the "documentation" you want for somebody, anybody, else. If it's public information that's so easy to find, I'm sure you'll have no trouble at all pointing to an example. After all, people die in Japan everyday.
- Minor49er 5y ago
  How about you show me the documentation since you're claiming that he's dead. All we have is his friend claiming that he's been cremated, but only has a picture of an alleged urn and a couple of claims of death with little context. No family members have come forward. No anything, really. It's rather macabre to argue this hard with so little evidence when you should be happy that Byuu is still alive somewhere, living his life.