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[–] saladpresser@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I completely agree beatnik's doxing was retaliation for him being welcoming to anarchists. But do you really think the admins on this site don't have alts after that? When we all witnessed how bad opsec combined with making enemies can lead to someone trying to destroy your life?

We should all be alternating between accounts for security reasons, especially for arguing with people... You have no idea if the person you just called a radlib is a maniac who will pick though your history to dox you, SWATT you and get you fired. But it's especially important for admins because of their high visibility.

I'm using an alt rn because I don't want raddle to come after me when I'm starting drama with them. The ziq parody you're replying to is an alt too.

[–] Helmic@hexbear.net 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If I knew about his alts, I sure as fuck wouldn't be telling people about them. Him having an alt afterwards doesn't really mitigate the loss of identity and connections that comes with having to do that, or the trauma of being jacketed like that. Some dipshit doing a bit pretending to be ziq shouldn't be able to mouth off about that without pushback.

[–] saladpresser@hexbear.net 8 points 11 months ago

Yeah I'm just saying we shouldn't be discouraging admins and mods from using alts to protect themselves. Ziq was doxed by kiwifarms, Beatnik by you know who, I think db0 got doxed too. It's much safer to use our mod/admin accounts for site operations and use alts to speak our mind so we don't get stalked by maniacs.

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I completely agree beatnik's doxing was retaliation for him being welcoming to anarchists.

Really? I never heard that one before

It really came off to me as more of an attempt by rightwingers to troll CC