Where the Sidewalk Ends: An Internet Story

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KF is just a dumb forum laughing at people who do stupid shit IN PUBLIC. The users are pretty civil, and no one is calling for any violence or whatever. Those same resources targeting some autistic internet forum could go towards shutting down people who actually pose a threat, like actual ISIS websites.
 
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I'm eyeballing either MOTI or privacy.com for a contribution.

I'm feeling old. And obstreporous (I love that word, lol). I've always been a stubborn fucker.

@Null, can we contribute through Mad At the Internet? I don't use a bank, so Privacy's out for me.
 
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Capsaicin Addict said:
I'm eyeballing either MOTI or privacy.com for a contribution.

I'm feeling old. And obstreporous (I love that word, lol). I've always been a stubborn fucker.

@Null, can we contribute through Mad At the Internet? I don't use a bank, so Privacy's out for me.
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If you support the Mad at the Internet streams I don't see any reason why you can't donate through there.

If you want to donate to the Kiwi Farms, the ways I accept that is detailed here.
 
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In response, I have acquired my own ASN.
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Next thing we know Null lost an eye and it's now building it's own militia by using a balloon and hiding in cardboard boxes.

So much for laughing at random people over the internet, even faceberg's ED group is now full of lolcows and sjws screaming at everyone who laugh at anything.

Good job,by the way.
I'm happy to know that you're also saving something, so you can now donate more to your local synagogue.
 
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Bumping due to the recent events, Nulls recent mention of this post, and KF being blocked by an ASN network.
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I saw the same livestream, though I'm not sure what being blocked by an ASN means in the grand scheme of things, Null didn't elaborate too much on the implications of that. He did say that we could end up in a splintered internet system where only portions of the globe would mutually talk to each other. Null did say something to the effect of "we need to tard wrangle the internet back away from these idiots somehow." I hope he's got a plan or some connections to get tread & traction on that front. There's no reason a website, however unlikeable (unless illegal), should just be silenced off the internet in this manner.

Good for Null for coming back to the grand ol' US of A. There are no true alts to the States for speech rights, and that's frighteningly telling of what the world generally thinks of natural rights. Even places that have survived the boot of Communism (Russia) & Socialism (Germany) don't hold it in high regard. Even the first place to have free speech before the U.S. still maintains the choice to have it removed.
 
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I saw the same livestream, though I'm not sure what being blocked by an ASN means in the grand scheme of things, Null didn't elaborate too much on the implications of that. He did say that we could end up in a splintered internet system where only portions of the globe would mutually talk to each other. Null did say something to the effect of "we need to tard wrangle the internet back away from these idiots somehow." I hope he's got a plan or some connections to get tread & traction on that front. There's no reason a website, however unlikeable (unless illegal), should just be silenced off the internet in this manner.

Good for Null for coming back to the grand ol' US of A. There are no true alts to the States for speech rights, and that's frighteningly telling of what the world generally thinks of natural rights. Even places that have survived the boot of Communism (Russia) & Socialism (Germany) don't hold it in high regard. Even the first place to have free speech before the U.S. still maintains the choice to have it removed.
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It's actually not unheard of for an ASN to be blocked. If you've used VPNs you've probably encountered an error message at some point telling you your ASN is blocked.
 
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@Null, something popped up on Ace of Spades that you might have some interest in.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/396908.php (last story bit)
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New social media transparency bill would force Facebook to open up to researchers

The bipartisan proposal would mandate data access for independent researchers.
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It requires social networks to open their data to researchers. As Pixy points out, that's a security risk, but here's the fun bit.

The key point is the penalty involved: If networks fail to provide this access, the bill would revoke their CDMA 230 protections.

And once the idea is out there that those protections are contingent rather than fundamental, all the social networks are screwed. I don't think the Democrats understand what they are doing; the social networks are their best - possibly their only - friends, but the they treat them as enemies.
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I don't know if this would affect you or not (does KF qualify as a 'social network'?) but the hilarity of the Dems shanking one of their best allies in the back because they're competition in the race for power over the masses? It makes me giggle.
 
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It requires social networks to open their data to researchers
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it would establish new rules compelling social media platforms to share data with “qualified researchers,” defined as university-affiliated researchers pursuing projects that have been approved by the National Science Foundation (NSF)
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I've got a sneaking suspicion that research will exclusively target "far-right" "threats to Democracy." Funny how that always seems to work that way.
 
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