Biting the hand that feeds - A brief history of the Kiwi Farms and why A&T is the redheaded stepchild of the site.

[eternal dog mongler]

If 230 shits the bed as soon as it looks it looks like it will, this will be how the site dies.

nah

230 doesn't protect against federal crimes which is kinda why the FBI got involved. if you idiots would stop talking about murdering politicians everything would be okay.

 

[AnOminous]

Whats the story about the clown who did that, who nobody took seriously because they thought it was a joke? It seems oddly applicable here.

That's from one of my favorite philosophers.

“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.” Kierkegaard.

nah

230 doesn't protect against federal crimes which is kinda why the FBI got involved. if you idiots would stop talking about murdering politicians everything would be okay.

SIG isn't even an A&N type he was actually attempting to satirize them and instead accidentally literally glowposted instead. The ones who are actually serious about that shit know to throw in Minecraft.

 

[Kirito]

That's from one of my favorite philosophers.

“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.” Kierkegaard.

Yes, and we're all the clowns

 

[Kartoshki]

I don't think the FBI has any capacity to take jokes. Do you want to be the agent who overlooked a specific threat that was carried out, with your defense being "dude I thought he was joking"?

Considering the kind of shit they've let slide before, I wouldn't at all be surprised.

 

[Clorox Cowboy]

My problem with the FBI is my problem with polititards: they can't take jokes. Everyone who posts any sort of non-kosher joke is a Rothschild trying to subvert society, and everyone who posts a hyperbolic threat is a terrorist in the making.

Nobody should be making threats of any kind.

His "threat" would have been fine if he hadn't been wording it in one of the only ways that would have made the FBI take immediate action. There were a hundred ways he could have phrased it to avoid any ramifications and he actively chose not to. Dumb move.

Whole thread looked like a shitshow, we have rules against rallying people to get involved with cows, same should apply to politicians. The farms are for observing not activism.

 

[phoenixrrt762]

I had no idea of your backstory or what you have been through. I’m one of those bleeding heart libs and I agree, free speech is something that is sacred.....but threats? Yeah, that’s crazy.
Thank you for what you do.

 

[Kirito]

His "threat" would have been fine if he hadn't been wording it in one of the only ways that would have made the FBI take immediate action. There were a hundred ways he could have phrased it to avoid any ramifications and he actively chose not to. Dumb move.

Whole thread looked like a shitshow, we have rules against rallying people to get involved with cows, same should apply to politicians. The farms are for observing not activism.

My big issue is that these people are political extremists who constantly advocate for violence and when one of them does murder someone the blood will be on the hands of the administration for allowing them to radicalize people here or for having been radicalized themselves. The feds will rightfully blame this place when they investigate and then we're all done.

 

[AnOminous]

His "threat" would have been fine if he hadn't been wording it in one of the only ways that would have made the FBI take immediate action. There were a hundred ways he could have phrased it to avoid any ramifications and he actively chose not to. Dumb move.

Note: the feds are not aware of our culture of shitposting and if all they know is some dude threatened to go to some specific place at some specific time and commit some horrific crime, they're going to take it seriously. That post hit all the buttons of "feds are going to push your shit in."

 

[Kartoshki]

His "threat" would have been fine if he hadn't been wording it in one of the only ways that would have made the FBI take immediate action. There were a hundred ways he could have phrased it to avoid any ramifications and he actively chose not to. Dumb move.

Whole thread looked like a shitshow, we have rules against rallying people to get involved with cows, same should apply to politicians. The farms are for observing not activism.

I agree. It does suck that Sig was v& though, because he was trying to parody actual retards and I think he just made the wrong post at the wrong time without knowing that his threat was actually actionable.

 

[AnOminous]

I agree. It does suck that Sig was v& though, because he was trying to parody actual retards and I think he just made the wrong post at the wrong time without knowing that his threat was actually actionable.

He managed to out-retard the retards he was making fun of though. None of those guys were dumb enough to glowpost their way into a life of black dick.

 

[Kartoshki]

He managed to out-retard the retards he was making fun of

Is this in the rules? Feels like it should be, since people need to be told not to be massive spergs.

 

[fag0t]

None of those guys were dumb enough to glowpost their way into a life of black dick.

maybe that was his plan the whole time

 

[drain]

IMHO, a thing that definitely contributed to SIG's post getting noticed by the feds was the fact a lot of people here disliked him enough to report that specific post while ignoring all the other blatantly violent ones.

 

[PadThaiLover1]

He managed to out-retard the retards he was making fun of though. None of those guys were dumb enough to glowpost their way into a life of black dick.

you either get tired of posting about speds or post enough to see yourself become one.

 

[KingCoelacanth]

I agree. It does suck that Sig was v& though, because he was trying to parody actual retards and I think he just made the wrong post at the wrong time without knowing that his threat was actually actionable.

if he couldn't realize that his threat was actually acitonable, that makes him the actual retard

 

[Christ4President2024]

The people who are giving you shit for complying with the feds don't really care about the longterm sustainability of the forum. They're roaches. they'll move on to infest the next host when kf goes down. Gotta spray em now before they multiply

 

[A Pox]

IMHO, a thing that definitely contributed to SIG's post getting noticed by the feds was the fact a lot of people here disliked him enough to report that specific post while ignoring all the other blatantly violent ones.

Please don't point out the elephant in the room that all the funny posters have turned into SomethingAwful goons to fight the /pol/nigger menace and that Null is really mad at the fact he isn't getting 10k a month in pie money like Lowtax was for the inconvenience.

 

[Kirito]

if he couldn't realize that his threat was actually acitonable, that makes him the actual retard

Are you saying the people posting the calls to violence and murder which you didnt even attempt to defend arent retarded?

 

[KingCoelacanth]

Are you saying the people posting the calls to violence and murder which you didnt even attempt to defend arent retarded?

No, they're just not retarded enough to get themselves v& by posting an internet bully site. I support Null's policy of banning people calling for violence, even if the calls don't fit the fed's criteria for involvement.
But people who are so mad that A&N exists they start crossing lines are true cancer. Also look at how many people were upset that sig specefically got banned, despite knowing what he did

 

[drain]

that Null is really mad at the fact he isn't getting 10k a month in pie money

I think Null is mad because most users of the site he tries really hard to keep afloat are ruining everything by acting like mentally challenged toddlers seeing a computer for the first time.