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[–] meticulousPotato@lemmygrad.ml 68 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

he didnt dissapeared, he was doxxed and harrassed off the internet

[–] featured@lemmygrad.ml 45 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Very true, and if u want some extra internet drama it was BadEmpanada who released a bunch of his personal info on some anti China crusade iirc

bruh ,bad emapanada's anti aes takes are dogshit

[–] Guamer@hexbear.net 28 points 3 weeks ago

Rest In Power

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

was he doxxed or did he have worse opsec than that guy who put his own ssn on billboards?

[–] 666@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Why would doxxing and harassing threaten you off the internet?

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spoilerI've been doxxed and sent a rape threat to my younger sister by a neo-nazi.
I just sent him back a picture of my shotgun. Didn't hear much back.

I can understand the fear, the anxiety, etc but 99% of the time they just do it to cause exactly that; intimidation. Ignoring that either causes them to act up on their plans or give up entirely. Showing them you can defend yourself usually dissuades any chances of acting.

Opsec is always important, always, always, always. I just feel like if you're high-enough profile, getting doxxed/harassed is almost inevitable no matter what politics you carry.

[–] Red_Scare@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

IIRC he wore a mask and used a voice changer because he was a lawyer so online extremism would cost him his job. Which is why he had to drop his YT channel after being doxxed.

[–] 666@lemmygrad.ml 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Having a high-professional job like that makes sense then. That is awful. Did he end up keeping his job then I'd assume? If ya lost it at that point..might as well keep going, ya know?

[–] Red_Scare@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 3 weeks ago

No idea what happened after he disappeared, sorry!

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

after being doxxed.

i thought he used a reddit account where he had posted pii before starting the channel. idk how kids use the term now but in my day looking at someone's post history wasn't doxxing.

[–] Red_Scare@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago

Sorry, I must be wrong then! I never looked into this, that's just what I remember reading back then.

[–] lorty@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 3 weeks ago

Opsec is the most important. That said, I do agree people take internet death threats way too seriously. I know it only takes one crazy person from hundreds to get you, but they are as cheap to send as a picture of a pig pooping.

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 48 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

His videos are what pushed me over the edge on China and finally got me to start researching the real development of material conditions in China, and also read what Chinese communists themselves say instead of just taking western propaganda and ultra-left "Maoist" talking points at face value. I will forever be grateful to him for helping me complete my deprogramming from anti-China brain worms.

[–] Kovpak@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago

Exactly the same with me :)

[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 45 points 3 weeks ago

Is that bayarea415?

Pretty sure I met him once

[–] rtstragedy@hexbear.net 42 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I enjoyed bayarea415's videos when I found them this year, they were mirrored luckily. for instance, this one here: https://youtu.be/CGQeF62zdCc

[–] TankieReplyBot@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] Romeo@hexbear.net 39 points 3 weeks ago

He was too based to live. guts-pain

[–] AYJANIBRAHIMOV@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 3 weeks ago
[–] HoodedPols@lemmygrad.ml 30 points 3 weeks ago

Learned alot of game from him.

[–] BrownMinusBlue@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml 50 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Bayarea415, a dengist from the before times 🫡

[–] Red_Scare@lemmygrad.ml 28 points 3 weeks ago

ah the glorious MoreTankieChapo times

[–] BrownMinusBlue@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 3 weeks ago

Thx comrade

[–] jack@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

We were co-mods on /r/socialism long before /r/cth rose to prominence. In that realm of interaction, he was super nice. Good mod.

Foolishly, I did not appreciate his videos when he started making them, because I was still anti-China. You don't know what you got till it's gone.