The Great Twitter Meltdown of 2021 - Emulator creator Byuu bullied to death by HateSpeech™ forum, Twitter takes up arms (Still No Death Report)

[mynameisntRyan]

uh oh kotaku is on the case
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The Brilliant SNES Emulator Author Known As Near Has Died

The author of bsnes and higan, Near consistently pushed emulation's state of the art

kotaku.com

Oh, no. Now all 7 of their readers are going to come here and screech at us.

 

[Luna Mothews]

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I like how in 2 out of 3 screenshots you can see negative internet stickers

 

[LUNEKO]

uh oh kotaku is on the case
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The Brilliant SNES Emulator Author Known As Near Has Died

The author of bsnes and higan, Near consistently pushed emulation's state of the art

kotaku.com

They really just took that at face value without confirming if he's actually dead first huh

 

[NerdShamer]

I dont care if your a faggot sjw or a faggot anti-sjw, people being slightly mean to you online shouldent make you wanna kill yourself or piss your pants

It's the end result of how sheltered the LGBT community is, nowadays. There's a bit of a divide from people like RuPaul being based and the modern trans crowd trying to cancel him.

 

[Humbert Humbert]

This is my first time actually watching things unfold after something like this. Other kiwis, how often do we get to witness this type of event?

 

[Chaos Theorist]

https://boards.4channel.org/vr/thread/7903734

 

[Ly Erg]

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They can't even be bothered to censor the fucking words properly

 

[Witthel]

uh oh kotaku is on the case
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The Brilliant SNES Emulator Author Known As Near Has Died

The author of bsnes and higan, Near consistently pushed emulation's state of the art

kotaku.com

Oh shit Kotaku covered this how will we ever recover?

 

[Dan Abrams]

uh oh kotaku is on the case
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The Brilliant SNES Emulator Author Known As Near Has Died

The author of bsnes and higan, Near consistently pushed emulation's state of the art

kotaku.com

I know it's Kotaku but the fucking absolute state of "journalism". They announce him as being dead with zero proof, citing the Google doc as their only "evidence". Looking forward to this guy looking like a total retard after the troon miraculously survives his codeine OD.

 

[VooDew]

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I just want to know why they tried to censor the word kill and fuck but not Penis.

 

[Celebrate Nite]

If we're gonna be brutally honest, Nintendo's probably dancing on his figurative grave with all things considered. They are notoriously anal about emulation.

 

[Divine right to rule]

Really Kiwis, I gotta say we really suck at choosing the people we bully to death.
Instead of criminal perverts like Yaniv or pedophile shit-eaters like Nick Bate, we choose boring furries with tiny threads.
Shame on us.

 

[The Demon Baby]

It would be a real shame if some KF Twitter users started searching "Alec Holowka" on Twitter, and then screenshotted all of the people who were celebrating his suicide. It would be an even bigger tragedy if that person then matched up the screenshots with accounts who are currently reeeeeeing over KF, and then replied to their reees with said screenshots.
Just a big fucking tragedy.
Don't do this.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

Dreamhost doesn't even host this site.

 

[Windows Error 98]

Treating a google doc shared by two people, one anonymous, as fact. Never let it be said that games journalism doesn’t have standards!

 

[Professional Lurker]

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Who censors "fuck"? How soft are these people?

 

[Professional iPad Hoarder]

Stolen from twitter.
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Spoiler: A shit-ton of twitter archives

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Jon Cartwright on Twitter: "I never got the chance to meet Near but t…

archived 27 Jun 2021 23:15:56 UTC

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Andy on Twitter: "For those who followed more closely, was there any …

archived 27 Jun 2021 23:42:40 UTC

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The Space Bunny! on Twitter: "There is, universally, never any reason…

archived 27 Jun 2021 23:45:30 UTC

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Have fun!

 

[Autopsy]

Why are people saying that KiwiFarms targets and harasses people when there's a literal warning with all the letters, written in BOLD LETTERS telling users to NOT troll or harass people? This site only serves to archive stuff, just like the Library of Alexandria, except that it's for lolcows.

I know this isn't a universally partisan issue, but many of the people saying this shit are the same ones who insisted that Drumpf telling people to make their voice heard "peacefully and patriotically" was not only insufficient, but in fact a dogwhistle to riot.
Obviously the website says not to troll! That's what THEY want you to think! Hurr, never-mind the bans or halals that happen when people (rarely) get caught engaging in trolling, pure coincidence.

 

[The Marineer]

If they come knocking on my door, I'm throwing you all under the bus.
"I didn't kill it! It was the evil retarded dog guy"

 

[Sangria]

I uh, honestly I feel pretty bad for Byuu if he did kill himself. Depression and other mental illnesses are hard to deal with.

I see some people in communities I participate in saying that it was the farms' fault, but really it seemed like the poor guy was terminally online and kept trying to improve but failed and succumbed to depression.

Either way, rest in peace, you were probably alright.

Yeah, to my knowledge the guy was a great programmer but clearly had mental issues up the wahoo. I don't think he did anything to merit an heroing himself. I might be a bit biased since I'm depressed in addition to being on the spectrum, but I feel bad for the guy. Rest in peace.

That being said, the twitter meltdown is absolutely worth laughing at. Instead of targeting a forum brimming with autists, why not advocate for better, proper mental health treatment?
Then again, that would require closing twitter and getting off of their asses for five minutes