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Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter

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Re: Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter

#11

Post by abritinthebay »

DangsBane wrote: post #10
QAPereo wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Note the username and just ignore the troll. I have faith that the account will be dead soon.

http://cultstate.com/2017/10/13/The-Butterfly-War/ The more you hunt with your "carefully curated lists", the more you'll seek to improve its efficiency by creating a companion list of acceptable black behavior, acceptable gay behavior, acceptable Jewish behavior, etc. You'll end up relying on cyber phrenology in the end and violate the civil rights of those you seek to protect... just to maintain your waning influen…

I know you think you sound smart, but you sound a) deluded b) ignorant c) utterly childish.

Re: Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter

#12

Post by CalChris »

Osseric wrote: post #2

“A large number of people have blocked you in response to high volumes of untargeted, unsolicited, or duplicative content or engagements from your account,” we were informed. This was true; Impostor Buster had been blocked by many neo-Nazis. “A large number of spam complaints have been filed against you.” Yes, by neo-Nazis. “You send large numbers of unsolicited replies or mentions.” Yes, to neo-Nazis. What are the a…

It wasn't simply the morally reprehensible position. It was also the act of impersonation. The bot identified impersonation.

Re: Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter

#13

Post by fnovd »

DangsBane wrote: post #10
QAPereo wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Note the username and just ignore the troll. I have faith that the account will be dead soon.

http://cultstate.com/2017/10/13/The-Butterfly-War/ The more you hunt with your "carefully curated lists", the more you'll seek to improve its efficiency by creating a companion list of acceptable black behavior, acceptable gay behavior, acceptable Jewish behavior, etc. You'll end up relying on cyber phrenology in the end and violate the civil rights of those you seek to protect... just to maintain your waning influen…

If you really wanted this plan to work, why would you publicize it?

Is your enemy the SV companies that delete hate speech, or the people you use hate speech to attack?

Re: Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter

#14

Post by BetterThanSlave »

abritinthebay wrote: post #11
DangsBane wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://cultstate.com/2017/10/13/The-Butterfly-War/ The more you hunt with your "carefully curated lists", the more you'll seek to improve its efficiency by creating a companion list of acceptable black behavior, acceptable gay behavior, acceptable Jewish behavior, etc. You'll end up relying on cyber phrenology in the end and violate the civil rights of those you seek to protect... just to maintain your waning influen…

I know you think you sound smart, but you sound a) deluded b) ignorant c) utterly childish.

The only "sound" behind generated on a text-based medium like this is the voice in your head. Send your inner voice my regards.

I'll take your petty accusations over being a moral supremacist every single time, especially when the evidence comes out that people like you used neural networl=ks, ad networks, side channel favors, and other means of cyber phrenology to algorithmically suppress the people you supposedly care about.

I look forward to your decades of denying involvement. I'll be there for that, too.

Re: Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter

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Post by sli »

abritinthebay wrote: post #11
DangsBane wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://cultstate.com/2017/10/13/The-Butterfly-War/ The more you hunt with your "carefully curated lists", the more you'll seek to improve its efficiency by creating a companion list of acceptable black behavior, acceptable gay behavior, acceptable Jewish behavior, etc. You'll end up relying on cyber phrenology in the end and violate the civil rights of those you seek to protect... just to maintain your waning influen…

I know you think you sound smart, but you sound a) deluded b) ignorant c) utterly childish.

Guy forgot to switch back to his newer (by only about two weeks) account before replying to you, too.

Re: Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter

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Post by Osseric »

CalChris wrote: post #12
Osseric wrote: post #2

“A large number of people have blocked you in response to high volumes of untargeted, unsolicited, or duplicative content or engagements from your account,” we were informed. This was true; Impostor Buster had been blocked by many neo-Nazis. “A large number of spam complaints have been filed against you.” Yes, by neo-Nazis. “You send large numbers of unsolicited replies or mentions.” Yes, to neo-Nazis. What are the a…

It wasn't simply the morally reprehensible position . It was also the act of impersonation. The bot identified impersonation.

Ok, so does impersonation allow you to be spammed? It seems like impersonation is non-consequential, or at least hard to measure. Especially on such an ephemeral platform.

Re: Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter

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Post by hateduser2 »

Osseric wrote: post #2

“A large number of people have blocked you in response to high volumes of untargeted, unsolicited, or duplicative content or engagements from your account,” we were informed. This was true; Impostor Buster had been blocked by many neo-Nazis. “A large number of spam complaints have been filed against you.” Yes, by neo-Nazis. “You send large numbers of unsolicited replies or mentions.” Yes, to neo-Nazis. What are the a…

Is abuse a position?

Re: Confessions of a Digital Nazi Hunter

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Post by drawnwren »

drawnwren wrote: post #19

This seems like a legitimate use case for the DMCA. Why not just use the bot to issue DMCA notices? These accounts are clearly violating copyright.

Alternatively, Grass Roots the posting. Twitter's problem is that the bot is posting, so set up a third party site that identifies tweets and ask legitimate users to respond to them.
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