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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 32 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

KiwiFarms, a forum dedicated to doxxing and IRL harassing of LGBTQ people, women, and anyone else they didn't like. It ~~was~~ is a breeding ground for Nazis and other Conservative bigots and their ideologies, and they successfully harassed people into moving and hiding (or worse).

Edit: they're still around

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 months ago

Specifically, it started out to track, dox, and harass Chris-Chan (originally just for being a weirdo though they eventually came out as trans and made news in 2021 for being arrested for incest). The nearly two decade old (since 2007) ongoing campaign against them means they are probably the single most documented human being in history.

They don't often target women just for being women, but much like with trans people and furries they also hate a hate-on for crowdfunded youtube personalities and fat acceptance and all of those groups do have their share of women (especially the last one - fat acceptance is primarily about women). They even target fundamentalist Christians and Quiverfull families sometimes (which tend to be very Conservative).

Also, there's no "was" - they still exist are are operating.

[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For those horrible enough to like this.

Sometimes each other too if my information is correct. So even if you are a bad person and want to harass innocent people, kiwi farms isn't the place to be.

Bad people are bad people towards you too if you give them the chance. Just don't be bad, much better. Don't hate!

[–] Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 months ago

They target anyone a critical mass of their users think might be entertaining to target, and yeah that sometimes includes each other.

Better to give them a wide berth and try not to draw the attention of the snarling horde with too much time on it's hands.

[–] SqueakyBeaver@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 3 months ago

A website similar to 4chan, but much much worse. They'd dox pretty much anyone they didn't like, often LGBTQ+ people and allies