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What is Kiwifarms?

sascha_sl 4y ago
A website that bullies, ridicules and publishes private information of people they do not like, and then pretends they're not culpable when awful things (suicides, swattings) happen as a result because they technically really aren't responsible for them. Not that they don't usually celebrate when it happens. A trans twitch personality was swatted a while ago and fought back by informing everyone involved with keeping the site alive. They have been dropped by about 99% of the ISPs they've been with (including before that campaign, but now also by Cloudflare).
anaisbetts 4y ago
It is a KKK-level hate site against LGBT people and particularly trans women, that actively seeks to terrorize them by doxxing them and their family members. Several suicides have been attributed directly to their actions, as well as the Christchurch massacre.
- s9w 4y ago
- midislack 4y ago
- sonoriyuu 4y ago
  The Christchurch massacre wasn't initiated by a KF user or initially streamed there. That happened on Facebook. KF "only" archived and reposted the video and manifesto by the Christchurch terrorist. This is illegal in New Zealand and the police asked KF to release the data of all NZ users commenting on the video, which JM refused to do since it's an overreach and they legally run under an US entity thus don't have to comply. That didn't go well with the NZ law enforcement and got them delisted from there. This is why people associate KF with Christchurch, however the terrorism act itself was not initiated by a KF user and anyone saying so is spreading fake news.
  - anaisbetts 4y ago
  - lamontcg 4y ago
    > KF "only" archived and reposted the video and manifesto by the Christchurch terrorist. oh yeah, then they're totally fine...
    - RedReality 4y ago
    - Gloomily3819 4y ago
  - Carl_B 4y ago
    Not even just the NZ users who were posting about it. They wanted the IPs and data of everyone who participated in the thread. I think maybe everyone on the site?
- yucky 4y ago
  >Several suicides have been attributed directly to their actions, as well as the Christchurch massacre. Saying something that is demonstrably false like this only makes the argument against them look worse. It has the opposite effect you're going for.
  - DarkByte8 4y ago
    Unfortunately people won't be bothered to check that the suicides are not cased by kiwifarms, they will just go with it and there are plenty of people to just repeat the lie until it becomes the truth.
  - deleted 4y ago
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- Big_Discourse 4y ago
  Mentioning the Christchurch massacre is interesting. The Kiwi Farms had nothing to do with it other than re-posting the video after the fact -- the video that was live-streamed in its entirety on Facebook, a billion-dollar platform that supposedly has paid moderators. Kiwi Farms was dropped by Cloudflare due to "imminent threat to human life". You know what that threat was? Some shitpost saying the poster called up some lads to place bombs at all the poutine places in Belfast. That post, which was very obviously nothing more than a joke in poor taste, was downvoted by the community as being dumb, and was removed within 15 minutes. Cloudflare used it as justification to permanently drop the entire site. Yet Facebook can actually live-stream a massacre (how's that for an "imminent threat"?) and continue operating. Hmm. As for the suicides, that's something that gets repeated constantly, but is rather spurious. The supposed victims had messed up lives that they intentionally publicized online, and the Kiwi Farms did not cause their issues just by laughing at them. How do you "directly attribute" a suicide to a site, anyway? If I post saying someone is ugly, and that person kills themselves, am I directly responsible? Also, one of the supposed victims is most likely still alive and faked his suicide, as the only confirmation is that a journalist claims to have called his employer, which is a weird way to confirm someone's death. No official reports or any other confirmation.
- hi5eyes 4y ago
  it used to just be a forum for lolcow obsessions
CharlesW 4y ago
I Google'd it and found this, hope it helps! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms
- IYasha 4y ago
  worst source possible :D
- Big_Discourse 4y ago
byyll 4y ago
Self-described as "community dedicated to discussing eccentric people who voluntarily make fools of themselves."
smegsicle 4y ago

What is Kiwifarms?

A website that bullies, ridicules and publishes private information of people they do not like, and then pretends they're not culpable when awful things (suicides, swattings) happen as a result because they technically really aren't responsible for them. Not that they don't usually celebrate when it happens. A trans twitch personality was swatted a while ago and fought back by informing everyone involved with keeping the site alive. They have been dropped by about 99% of the ISPs they've been with (including before that campaign, but now also by Cloudflare).

anaisbetts 4y ago

It is a KKK-level hate site against LGBT people and particularly trans women, that actively seeks to terrorize them by doxxing them and their family members. Several suicides have been attributed directly to their actions, as well as the Christchurch massacre.

s9w 4y ago
midislack 4y ago
sonoriyuu 4y ago
The Christchurch massacre wasn't initiated by a KF user or initially streamed there. That happened on Facebook. KF "only" archived and reposted the video and manifesto by the Christchurch terrorist. This is illegal in New Zealand and the police asked KF to release the data of all NZ users commenting on the video, which JM refused to do since it's an overreach and they legally run under an US entity thus don't have to comply. That didn't go well with the NZ law enforcement and got them delisted from there. This is why people associate KF with Christchurch, however the terrorism act itself was not initiated by a KF user and anyone saying so is spreading fake news.
- anaisbetts 4y ago
- lamontcg 4y ago
  > KF "only" archived and reposted the video and manifesto by the Christchurch terrorist. oh yeah, then they're totally fine...
  - RedReality 4y ago
  - Gloomily3819 4y ago
- Carl_B 4y ago
  Not even just the NZ users who were posting about it. They wanted the IPs and data of everyone who participated in the thread. I think maybe everyone on the site?
yucky 4y ago
>Several suicides have been attributed directly to their actions, as well as the Christchurch massacre. Saying something that is demonstrably false like this only makes the argument against them look worse. It has the opposite effect you're going for.
- DarkByte8 4y ago
  Unfortunately people won't be bothered to check that the suicides are not cased by kiwifarms, they will just go with it and there are plenty of people to just repeat the lie until it becomes the truth.
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
Big_Discourse 4y ago
Mentioning the Christchurch massacre is interesting. The Kiwi Farms had nothing to do with it other than re-posting the video after the fact -- the video that was live-streamed in its entirety on Facebook, a billion-dollar platform that supposedly has paid moderators. Kiwi Farms was dropped by Cloudflare due to "imminent threat to human life". You know what that threat was? Some shitpost saying the poster called up some lads to place bombs at all the poutine places in Belfast. That post, which was very obviously nothing more than a joke in poor taste, was downvoted by the community as being dumb, and was removed within 15 minutes. Cloudflare used it as justification to permanently drop the entire site. Yet Facebook can actually live-stream a massacre (how's that for an "imminent threat"?) and continue operating. Hmm. As for the suicides, that's something that gets repeated constantly, but is rather spurious. The supposed victims had messed up lives that they intentionally publicized online, and the Kiwi Farms did not cause their issues just by laughing at them. How do you "directly attribute" a suicide to a site, anyway? If I post saying someone is ugly, and that person kills themselves, am I directly responsible? Also, one of the supposed victims is most likely still alive and faked his suicide, as the only confirmation is that a journalist claims to have called his employer, which is a weird way to confirm someone's death. No official reports or any other confirmation.
hi5eyes 4y ago
it used to just be a forum for lolcow obsessions

CharlesW 4y ago

I Google'd it and found this, hope it helps! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms

IYasha 4y ago
worst source possible :D
Big_Discourse 4y ago

byyll 4y ago

Self-described as "community dedicated to discussing eccentric people who voluntarily make fools of themselves."

smegsicle 4y ago