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It's a very cool, technically impressive project made as tribute to an unorthodoxly brilliant programmer. Yes, the announcement was made on Kiwifarms forum - s

It's a very cool, technically impressive project made as tribute to an unorthodoxly brilliant programmer. Yes, the announcement was made on Kiwifarms forum - so what?

superchroma 3y ago
It means they associate with, or at least tolerate, bad people.
- tjpnz 3y ago
  It's no worse than what you would find on 4chan.
  - thrwaway1234567 3y ago
    While 4chan isn't that great, Kiwifarms is a significantly worse place. For instance, 4chan bans doxing while Kiwifarms encourages it.
- jamesnorden 3y ago
  So does Twitter, are you gonna complain about every tweet link posted here?
  - thrwaway1234567 3y ago
    Kiwifarms is far worse than twitter. It's not really comparable. Twitter bans doxing, while Kiwifarms encourages it. For those who aren't aware, kiwifarms is a website that was ostensibly something like a gossip forum, but in practice basically ended up being used for cyberstalking and harassment. They would frequently harass and doxx people. Their wikipedia page covers parts of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms Kiwifarms, now banned, official twitter page said their goal was “exploitation of the mentally handicapped for amusement purposes”. ( Source: https://archive.is/jYp5p https://archive.is/jYp5p ). I think Kiwifarms is (borderline) criminal. Null, the admin of the site, outright said he was ok with users posting stolen financial information, such as Social Security Numbers and Credit cards. Source: https://archive.is/0fOcS https://archive.is/0fOcS . There are many examples of private financial information being posted on the site. I would describe them as operating with a paper thin layer of "plausible" deniability. Officially you aren't allowed to harass or interact with the targets. But posting their home address, stolen passwords, phone numbers, and information about relatives is all allowed. But even the rule against interacting with "lolcows" (called "cowtipping") is haphazardly enforced. For example, one user had sex with a "lolcow" and posted photos. The admin explicitly said they would allow the content to remain up: https://archive.is/zYnpK#35% https://archive.is/zYnpK#35%

It's a very cool, technically impressive project made as tribute to an unorthodoxly brilliant programmer. Yes, the announcement was made on Kiwifarms forum - so what?

superchroma 3y ago

It means they associate with, or at least tolerate, bad people.

tjpnz 3y ago
It's no worse than what you would find on 4chan.
- thrwaway1234567 3y ago
  While 4chan isn't that great, Kiwifarms is a significantly worse place. For instance, 4chan bans doxing while Kiwifarms encourages it.
jamesnorden 3y ago
So does Twitter, are you gonna complain about every tweet link posted here?
- thrwaway1234567 3y ago
  Kiwifarms is far worse than twitter. It's not really comparable. Twitter bans doxing, while Kiwifarms encourages it. For those who aren't aware, kiwifarms is a website that was ostensibly something like a gossip forum, but in practice basically ended up being used for cyberstalking and harassment. They would frequently harass and doxx people. Their wikipedia page covers parts of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms Kiwifarms, now banned, official twitter page said their goal was “exploitation of the mentally handicapped for amusement purposes”. ( Source: https://archive.is/jYp5p https://archive.is/jYp5p ). I think Kiwifarms is (borderline) criminal. Null, the admin of the site, outright said he was ok with users posting stolen financial information, such as Social Security Numbers and Credit cards. Source: https://archive.is/0fOcS https://archive.is/0fOcS . There are many examples of private financial information being posted on the site. I would describe them as operating with a paper thin layer of "plausible" deniability. Officially you aren't allowed to harass or interact with the targets. But posting their home address, stolen passwords, phone numbers, and information about relatives is all allowed. But even the rule against interacting with "lolcows" (called "cowtipping") is haphazardly enforced. For example, one user had sex with a "lolcow" and posted photos. The admin explicitly said they would allow the content to remain up: https://archive.is/zYnpK#35% https://archive.is/zYnpK#35%