- Joined
- Jul 18, 2017
Null was 100% in the right over saying he can't do shit until he talked to a lawyer. This wasn't a subtle extortion attempt. It was an overt extortion attempt. All the highlights. I will pay you cash money to do what I say "or else".
I know the Twitter mob does not understand legal niceties, but this entire exchange began with a demand that Null engage in illegal behavior. The Kiwifarms is a section 230 protected platform. Byuu offered the owner of this platform a bribe in excess of 100,000 dollars to engage in editorial control of user generated content. If Null had taken the bribe he would have forfeited this websites section 230 protections and possibly opened himself up to criminal prosecution as losing that shield makes him liable to everything every idiot here does, including the potentially illegal shit.
The threats to kill himself are immaterial past the point of the initial bribe. Thank fucking God Null is not an idiot, greedy, or agreeable. Or any combination of the three. Because this land mine was absolutely tailor made to hit anyone with any modicum of empathy, greed or ignorance.
I know the Twitter mob does not understand legal niceties, but this entire exchange began with a demand that Null engage in illegal behavior. The Kiwifarms is a section 230 protected platform. Byuu offered the owner of this platform a bribe in excess of 100,000 dollars to engage in editorial control of user generated content. If Null had taken the bribe he would have forfeited this websites section 230 protections and possibly opened himself up to criminal prosecution as losing that shield makes him liable to everything every idiot here does, including the potentially illegal shit.
The threats to kill himself are immaterial past the point of the initial bribe. Thank fucking God Null is not an idiot, greedy, or agreeable. Or any combination of the three. Because this land mine was absolutely tailor made to hit anyone with any modicum of empathy, greed or ignorance.