Comment on Why are Kiwi Farms users being banned, despite their adherence to the instance rules?
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 1 day agoFor years, members of the site created and operated by Joshua Conner Moon, 29, have congregated on what they call a “lighthearted discussion forum” to organize vicious harassment campaigns against transgender people, feminists and others they deem mockable. They gang up on victims and pool their personal details such as addresses and phone numbers in a practice called “doxxing,” spreading vile rumors and targeting workplaces, friends, families and homes. Another favorite tactic has been “swatting” — making false emergency calls to provoke an armed police response at a target’s home. Some people subjected to the group’s abuse have died by suicide.
AhoyMateys@lemmy.cafe 23 hours ago
You say that like other social media sites, such as Discord, haven’t been associated with bad behavior and mass violence. It’s not looking good for Discord. I think a ban on all Discord members is in order if you’re going to ban Kiwi Farms members without due process.
davidgro@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
What part of “we don’t care for Discord either” don’t you understand?
Fine. Pretend we did care. Your point is still worthless for very obvious reasons: Discord has millions of users, and perhaps hundreds are pro-mass-violence. Most will never have any interaction with those that are. KF has maybe thousands of users (I’m not going to check) and roughly all of them are at least pro-evil, likely also pro-mass-violence given the opportunity.
AhoyMateys@lemmy.cafe 21 hours ago
Not all the members are. For example, the person whom I refer to, who got instance-banned for suggesting that perhaps Elon’s gesture didn’t have ill intent, and for being a KF member, is first and foremost a trans ally and has a trans (FTM) brother. She’s written many posts where she expresses her support for the trans community and that trans people are valid. He came out as transgender when she was eight, which would have made him thirteen at the time. She was actually the first to fully accept him for who he was, since she had always wanted a brother, and in her mind, this was the brother she had been waiting for since she was born. He’s always been the most special brother she could have, and that hasn’t changed, even with everything that’s happened. Alignment with a site doesn’t mean one endorses the actions of the more questionable members on the site. I can see that those who are against Kiwi Farms are from two demographics that see themselves at odds with it.