Earlier quoted context omitted.
Kiwi Farms, I suspect.
Is that something people should or shouldn't be Bing-ing?
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
This makes me wonder, does archive.org comply with GDPR?
Taken form the UKs ICO https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/guide-to-data-protectio... > When does the right to erasure not apply? > The right to erasure does not apply if processing is necessary for one of the following reasons: > … > for archiving purposes in the public interest, scientific research, historical research or statistical purposes where erasure is likely to render impossible or seriously impair the ach…
Of course it isn't. Archiving Trump's tweets would be in the public interest, but not Joe Blogg's. That's not what public interest means.
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#23I have never understood why people always want to delete accounts instead of just stopping visiting sites they dont like anymore and moving on with life.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is that something people should or shouldn't be Bing-ing?
It's not NSFW (as far as I know). It's far worse. It seems to be a web forum that's into harassing minorities, sometimes to the point of suicide. Worse, it may be harassment with the intent of causing suicide. It's appalling.
How is it relevant to hacker news?
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#25Why?
As always with this kind of post: attention.
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#26Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's not NSFW (as far as I know). It's far worse. It seems to be a web forum that's into harassing minorities, sometimes to the point of suicide. Worse, it may be harassment with the intent of causing suicide. It's appalling.
How is it relevant to hacker news?
It's been in the news, and subject to much HN commentary:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32661638
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#27I have never understood why people always want to delete accounts instead of just stopping visiting sites they dont like anymore and moving on with life.
opsec, data privacy, paranoia, etc
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
How is it relevant to hacker news?
It's been in the news, and subject to much HN commentary: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32661638 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32706673 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32711475
Oh, I see... Well, there is a sort of alarmingly high number of people defending what appears be a cesspool of hate and bigotry.
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#29Could HN admins help unvote stray likes (which happened accidentally) to stories and comments.
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#30OP, I understand your sentiment and am inclined to agree. Support of such a site is appalling.
But I would also urge you to consider that people who feel like us leaving may make the HN community worse, as the percentage of people who support things like KF will be in greater percentage.
Perhaps using pseudo anonymous accounts and naming may help, that's what I do as I try to keep my online and real life partitioned