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SIDS Vicious: Jan 1, 1970

I have to wear an ankle monitor

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:11

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# ? Apr 19, 2024 08:01

Smash it Smash hit: Dec 30, 2009; prettay, prettay

Takane posted:

Steps 3, 5, and 7 are the important ones in that whole process.

its a tough code to break

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:11

Iron Prince: Aug 28, 2005; Buglord

various cheeses posted:

I actually have 4 monitors

well you better get busy turning them on!

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:11

various cheeses: Jan 24, 2013

Where there's Shmork there's Fire

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:11

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
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Monos Bullet posted:

idk what is going on in this thread but removing yourself from these sites is good and I've been in the process of doing it but there are so darn many of them it's hard to keep track of which ones i'd done already.

a helpful link that tells how to remove yourself from the most popular ones:
http://www.computerworld.com/article/2849263/doxxing-defense-remove-your-personal-info-from-data-brokers.html

Oh yeah i think thats the one, there's probably like a dozen more and probably dont make it easy to do so. Just not giving out your dob(its my birthday!)/occupation/city and not having a linkedin (which is worthless) is a good idea preventive which you would think is common sense by now but welp

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:12

Smash it Smash hit: Dec 30, 2009; prettay, prettay

luv 2 date boys posted:

well you better get busy turning them on!

HOLY MOLY

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:12

shoophobo: Aug 30, 2013; "shoophobo? more like shittyposter!"; Fallen Rib

I heard a noise from my closet.
I really hope it's not he, who must not be named, the spoopy internet man.
:ohdear:

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:13

SIDS Vicious: Jan 1, 1970

If I don't have anything weird about me and don't care if people look at my picture do I need to be concerned with wiping any connections between the internet and real life?

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:13

Takane: Aug 24, 2015; by FactsAreUseless

shoophobo posted:

I heard a noise from my closet.
I really hope it's not he, who must not be named, the spoopy internet man.

It's Ben Poopy, run before it's too late.

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:13

Krabboss: Nov 11, 2016; MY HUSBAND'S PARSE IS BETTER THAN YOURS

i am just glad I'm not a dingus like the OP or anybody else who posted on kf on the reg.

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:14

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

Sid Vicious posted:

If I don't have anything weird about me and don't care if people look at my picture do I need to be concerned with wiping any connections between the internet and real life?

Only if you dont reflect Voldermorts spells back on him w/ the power of love (j/k no one loves goons)

one weird trick he hATES

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:14

Sestze: Jun 6, 2004; Cybernetic Crumb

Grant DaNasty posted:

You missed the part where a bunch of mods left. It's been a wild week here on the ol' internet.

gently caress if i care, genesplicer, tropo, factsareuseless and VideoGames are all here still.

what, did we lose a couple of people from Book Barn with hard hitting opinions about how the forums should be moderated

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:14

SIDS Vicious: Jan 1, 1970

Xaris posted:

Only if you dont reflect Voldermorts spells back on him

one weird trick he hATES

I am actually a real life wizard I cast spells on the regular and am not concerned about Voldemort.

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:14

taco_fox: Dec 14, 2005

I don't understand any of this

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:15

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

^ yeah probably a bigger problem for mods, but like I said, freaks abound. lot of whitepage stuff connects and shows every relative and down the rabbit hole it goes. probably won't really matter but an oz of prevention is better than a headache later.

Sid Vicious posted:

I am actually a real life wizard I cast spells on the regular and am not concerned about Voldemort.

lets cast spells on each other dicks,

wops i turned mine into a :lolplant:

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:15

various cheeses: Jan 24, 2013

taco_fox posted:

I don't understand any of this

Lowtax posted:

internet

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:16

Takane: Aug 24, 2015; by FactsAreUseless

zen death robot posted:

If you don't want people leaving weird messages about you to your HR department and causing a general headache because you banned someone six months ago then yes otherwise no one will probably ever care enough.

Did that actually happen? Sadly funny if so.

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:16

Slow-Scan Shep: Jul 11, 2001

It has been years and years since i last saw someone stick their head up their own rear end as far as the op has. Good poo poo.

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:16

SIDS Vicious: Jan 1, 1970

zen death robot posted:

If you don't want people leaving weird messages about you to your HR department and causing a general headache because you banned someone six months ago then yes otherwise no one will probably ever care enough.

My job title at work is literally dough boy I make pizza dough. I think I'll be okay.

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:16

Smash it Smash hit: Dec 30, 2009; prettay, prettay

so kf thought they were some paragons of free speech? hehe

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:16

SIDS Vicious: Jan 1, 1970

Smash it Smash hit posted:

so kf thought they were some paragons of free speech? hehe

They aren't even anywhere near as cool and edgy as 1488 niggerdeath website SS. God what an awful place that is.

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:17

various cheeses: Jan 24, 2013

Sestze posted:

what, did we lose a couple of people from Book Barn with hard hitting opinions about how the forums should be moderated

I've been wondering who these dorks posting autoban threads are. I haven't seen them post in our glorious GBS so gently caress em I guess?

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:19

Digital Fingers: Sep 2, 2012

zen death robot posted:

If you don't want people leaving weird messages about you to your HR department and causing a general headache because you banned someone six months ago then yes otherwise no one will probably ever care enough.

lol, have people actually done this to you?

E: nevermind saw your post

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:19

TheSpamalope: Dec 30, 2008; by sebmojo; Lipstick Apathy

Going to a forum about another forum is painfully lame.

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:21

Hell Yeah: Dec 25, 2012

you shouldn't have doxxed fau's dog. that's crossing the loving line man. don't bring ppls dogs into this

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:22

SIDS Vicious: Jan 1, 1970

TheSpamalope posted:

Going to a forum about another forum is painfully lame.

Uh oh

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:22

FAT32 SHAMER: Aug 16, 2012

Xaris posted:

I think it's a good idea to have a reminder for people to pay attention to what they post on the glorious internets and tell them to remove themselves from major whitepaging sites when they sign up and in the rules or something. There's a lot of sites that index a lot of public poo poo that you probably didn't even know was public. i think there was some good link somewhere about it and it's a good lesson, especially if you are going to run a website like that, or even just shitpost on somethingawful.

lot of freaks abound

Yeah this

It doesn't take long to do and especially if you recently bought a house or have a mobile plan, your info is out there.

Also do your parents a favour and remove their information as well

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:23

Digital Fingers: Sep 2, 2012

All the people that went to Kiwifarms to talk about BBG and complain about how mean FYAD was to them once were the best.

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:23

FuriousxGeorge: Aug 8, 2007; We've been the best team all year.

They're just finding out.

Sid Vicious posted:

My job title at work is literally dough boy I make pizza dough. I think I'll be okay.

Can't imagine anybody online would ever be crazy enough to vilify a pizza place.

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:24

SIDS Vicious: Jan 1, 1970

Digital Fingers posted:

All the people that went to Kiwifarms to talk about BBG and complain about how mean FYAD was to them once were the best.

I went there to tell them I don't think doxxing is cool and they immediately tried to get me to stay there but I didn't post any more because it was a gross website.

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:24

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

FuriousxGeorge posted:

Can't imagine anybody online would ever be crazy enough to vilify a pizza place.

pizzagater spotted! watch your back sid!!

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:24

Digital Fingers: Sep 2, 2012

Sid Vicious posted:

I went there to tell them I don't think doxxing is cool and they immediately tried to get me to stay there but I didn't post any more because it was a gross website.

I saw your post there Sid, you went to complain about your ban

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:25

Smash it Smash hit: Dec 30, 2009; prettay, prettay

Sid Vicious posted:

I went there to tell them I don't think doxxing is cool and they immediately tried to get me to stay there but I didn't post any more because it was a gross website.

turn your monitor on

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:25

doverhog: May 31, 2013; Defender of democracy and human rights 🇺🇦

Was it that the other SA run off web site turned into a neo nazi forum or something? Good track record.

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:25

SIDS Vicious: Jan 1, 1970

Digital Fingers posted:

I saw your post there Sid, you went to complain about your ban

You can read it however you want to my friend.

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:26

Xaris: Jul 25, 2006; Lucky there's a family guy
Lucky there's a man who positively can do
All the things that make us
Laugh and cry

funny Star Wars parody posted:

Yeah this

It doesn't take long to do and especially if you recently bought a house or have a mobile plan, your info is out there.

Also do your parents a favour and remove their information as well

is mobile plans how that get all that information? that's really weird and hosed up

# ? Jan 21, 2017 08:26

Hogge Wild: Aug 21, 2012; by FactsAreUseless; Pillbug

Rhys Wilde posted:

Hello Something Awful. First of all, I would just like to specify that this is not my account, this was loaned to me to make this post. I understand that account sharing is against the rules, but hopefully, considering the circumstances, an exception will be made. I will not be using this account for long. Lowtax is going to be giving me my own account tomorrow. He has not read this post yet, but I do have his permission to post it.

I am Kiwi Farms user 'OwO What's This?' you might have recognized my avatar from this funny YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APrBdP0bBJM

I imagine a lot of you have very strong feelings about Kiwi Farms, and that's fine. I'm going to lift the veil as to the motives of a lot of our activities, and as to why the site is gone now. I feel like I should do the former first.

First of all, something to understand: There was never a real war with Something Awful, at least not from our perspective. Doxxing in our community served several purposes, but believe it or not, none of them was harassment. With respect to your community, it was a tactic used to pop social bubbles, damage safe spaces, and lift a mirror up to your community. In that respect, it worked wonders, despite loving up hilariously a couple times - like when a 'double agent' informant got us to dox the Goatse guy. Let me tell you, I found it HILARIOUS, but there were those behind the scenes that were quite bitter about the trick. Whichever goon got us with that deserves a medal.

But let's be real: You wouldn't have been a fun target if your community was doing well. It's not. There were many of those within our community who not only felt like you would be a fun target, but felt a sense of injustice that a site that used to be so legendary, a site they were a part of, was dramatically changing into one that prioritized people's feelings over comedy. There is an extremely vocal minority on your website trying to play morality police and shut down conversation.

The decision to start this mock war with your website happened when your Shmorky thread was successfully shut down by the combined efforts of a mutinous administration and their defence of a user spamming up the thread for many pages to make it unreadable. But before poo poo got dirty, the site's owner, Null, tried his hardest to reach out to Lowtax and LadyAmbien to try to help while holding back the wolves best he could. When that proved fruitless, he stopped standing in the way.

A lot of laughs were had, and the only regret shared was a lot of it came at Lowtax's expense. The grand irony of ironies is that if you had listened to Lowtax in the first place none of this would have even happened - and he's the one taking the most heat. Which is not to say Lowtax is completely blameless... he really should've stood his ground on a lot of issues. Moderators were walking all over him in public. Almost any other community, your rear end would've been handed to you for pulling something like that. My guess is a lot of people felt 'immune' due to how close-knit the moderation team is. The massive solidarity walk-out recently is evidence of this. In fact, one of your moderators was so angry that despite hating Kiwi Farms, they were going to let us into the mod forum and archive everything simply out of spite. And we weren't going to say no.

And speaking of turncoats, for all the allegations of transphobia placed on Kiwi Farms, there's something you should know - almost 100% of the information regarding transgender members of your community came from transgender people in your community - people who felt like they were shut down for wrongthink by both their peers and the backing of the administration. Of all the admin panels bans (bans that don't show up in the Leper's Colony or on people's avatars) doled out after the grand doxxing, you only managed to hit one of our informants. Literally everyone else was innocent, and I'm not making that up to help anyone.

To prove it, I would like to let you all in on another ruse - Jenner is not a troll account. She is real. Because she was trying SO HARD to get targeted by us so she could become some sort of martyr, we came up with the narrative that we discovered she was playing all of you as some sort of master class long term troll. It was wonderful to see the bait taken by so many goons pretending not to have been reading the thread. But make no mistake - so many people bought it for good reason. When you looked at her behavior, you wanted her to be fake. That's what made the lie so appealing. It is a secret we would've kept and giggled to ourselves forever had Kiwi Farms not been shut down.

Which... brings me to that unfortunate story. Null is a huge believer in free speech, and would allow just about anything to be said on his website so long as it was legal. And whether or not you agreed or disagreed with our methods, it was legal. He sees the world as becoming too big and complicated for any major public figure to face any sort of scrutiny for their actions unless it came at the sacrifice of privacy. In other words, with the incomprehensible amount of people involved in influencing the world around us and the field of journalism becoming an entertainment industry, Kiwi Farms was viewed as the lesser of two evils. If it meant to have the dick pics of EVERYONE to get to the bottom of who is accountable for what, so be it. It is so easy in this day and age to sweep things under the rug, and if Kiwi Farms hadn't existed when it did, Shmorky wouldn't have been exposed as a pedophile.

And whether or not you agree with that principle, it was a principle Null strongly believed in. He sacrificed everything for his website up until the bitter end. Kiwi Farms made an enemy, one hell of an enemy. No, not Derek Smart. This was a man with no ethics or morals, who went to any end necessary to achieve his goals. He is a man so dangerous, that even saying his name on your website puts you at risk. Now doesn't that sound silly? I imagine some of you are chuckling at the idea. But it is true. He is a man that fancies himself a literal terrorist. And for the sake of irony, I'll refer to him as Voldemort.

Without the benefit of the KF resources in front of me, it is hard to delve into specifics. Voldemort completely ruined Null's life from top to bottom, but Null wouldn't quit. Even with himself becoming unhireable due to the harassment he faced, he stuck to his principles. He wasn't going to let someone else tell him what to do. That's when Voldemort started going after Null's family. But so principled was Null that for the longest time, even as his family was harassed, he still said no. It put him at an awful strain with every relative he had.

But finally, a line was crossed. Voldemort's harassment of his mother finally became too much for him to bear. His campaign involved sending childing pornography to everyone involved in her real estate career under an endless supply of pseudonyms. Her real estate license was revoked. And something else happened very recently that he has not gotten into, not even with me, that finally convinced him to pull the plug on the entire website.

Terrorism won.

As a final plea, I want you to consider some of the values Null shared, as distasteful as you might find them. Look at the world around you and compare it to the world of years past. In many ways, it has gotten better, but I have never seen censorship like this before. Mob rule is becoming the norm, wherein we're not controlled by the majority anymore, but an extremely vocal minority whose endless patience for harassment triumphs over people who just want to live their lives.

Don't let Something Awful become like that, I beg of you.

Thank you for your time.

(USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)