![]() Doxing some, directly harassing others, and even specifically seeking out suicidal people to target.Īfter falling down a spiral of depression and eventually breaking off contact with everyone last year, I feared for the worst. Not to be defeated in their pursuit of utter emotional and psychological destruction, they went after who Near treasured most: their friends. Many wouldn’t, but Near was strong enough to overcome that level of emotional abuse. From the comfort of anonymity, of sitting in front of their computer thousands of kilometers away, they take glee in slowly destroying the psyche of others, bit by bit. Members of that website make a sport of preying on the less fortunate, on those in positions liable to being emotionally abused. After an abusive childhood, and followed by community toxicity, Near was eventually targeted by Kiwi Farms. We’ve had long text conversations, and shared many stories. One of the most modest people I’ve ever known, they were unlikely to suggest hanging out in person, but never rejected an offer. I’d known them for several years, but after they moved to Tokyo a few years back we started talking more often. Near was also an incredibly kind, funny, and welcoming person. They also recently released their ultimate labor of love, a fan translation of Bahamut Lagoon that might well be the most exacting and meticulously crafted language adaptation of a video game of the era. Working out the most elusive hardware glitches and corner cases, they advanced the world of SNES emulation by leaps and bounds. Developer of the bsnes, higan, and ares emulators, Near was a relentless force for accuracy in the formerly haphazard world of emulation. Despite this, they continued to pour their life into the one thing they loved: emulation and retro gaming. Near was a brilliant mind in a corner of the web all too often rife with toxicity and harassment. This is not a weakness of the mind, it is a fundamental part of what it means to be human. A single, powerful traumatic event can change a person forever. Implying nobody is to blame but the victim and perpetrator, one and the same.īut that’s not how human brains work. Suicide is a voluntary action, a problem with oneself. That’s how a news article would phrase it. I saw a photo of the noose.ģ0 minutes into the call, Les Voyages De L’âme by Alcest started playing at the other end. They’d just taken a large overdose of codeine and guanfancine. “At 11:45 on Sunday, I was on a phone call with Near. They shared it with another of their friends, a security consultant by the name of Hector Marcan. The following is a statement from one of Near’s friends. ![]() KF serves as a tool for the white supremacist state, only the most entitled would take on an entire country and live to tell the tale, sites have been taken down for far less. Near knew this, and I do too, the law only serves the rich and entitled. It is the worst indictment of our culture, in this late stage capitalist hellscape that silicon valley bosses feel so emboldened as to withhold justice from those they deem lesser, because “we are relative nobodies”. There’s too many people suffering, and no one seems to care because we are relative nobodies online, and they know that. It’s too late for me, but I pray that someone, at some point, will do something about that website. I have no real-life friends, I have no other reason for being. Near felt responsible and could not cope. KF specifically targeted a friend who had demonstrated suicidal ideation. Whilst they sought support and had some success with it, the good work was undone when KF escalated their attacks to include their friends and family. Near was autistic and non binary and was attacked for their identity. They had developed “the single most accurate emulator” for Nintendo. Near (otherwise known as Byuu) was widely respected according to the news reports. If they have, that is, the site might be down for an unrelated reason*. Could it be that Cloudflare can no longer justify protecting the nazi styled criminal activities of what is essentially a death cult? Pity it took for someone who was well liked and admired for their contribution to tech for Cloudflare to sit up and take notice. KF were gloating about it but as of 17.15 GMT I can report the site appears to be down, with an error message from Cloudflare. There has been a surge of clicks to this site, and following it back, with assistance from one of our group, we discovered that a well known programmer took their own life following many years of harassment and targeted stalking. It has been a while since I’ve posted anything related to Kiwi Farms but sadly, it would appear they pressured another one of their victims to suicide.
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