This post is an advisory to users that your username is connected to whatever you write in anon subs.
What you write can be seen by one or more devs who’ve been given that special access. But what you may not know is that they can and do use it against you as they’ve done with me in the past and as recently as yesterday. And one or more of those users who have this ability are part of SBBH.
Some history: One of the SBBH members had a hissy fit with me over a year ago and is probably the same user who would “miraculously” happen to know it was me when I would write certain things in anon subs in the past. I’d write something and they’d make a snarky remark revealing that they knew were talking to my account. It wasn’t a huge deal but it made me aware that my username could be seen by one or more users with this special access.
Back to present day: I’d never bothered to get caught up in SBBH drama until about a week ago when I started needling them in anon subs with a comment here or there regarding their questionable activities on voat.
It didn’t take long for one of them to take the bait and clearly refer to me when making this remark about my recent comments:
http://archive.is/eBPYZ
My account is exactly 2.7 years old. Whoever wrote that comment was a fool; for so obviously ‘giving away’ that they could see it was me writing those comments (showing their hand), and to give such a sensitive shit over what I wrote (notice it took anti-SBBH comments for them to get fresh and reveal themselves).
Let this story be a warning to any of you that this ‘special access’ to see which user is writing “anon” comments creates an unfair advantage and in the wrong hands can be used against you. At the same time, these privileged few are able to enjoy the ability to hide in anon subs themselves.
@PuttItOut, users will never be free to “have their say” in anon subs until everyone but you is stripped of the ability to see who’s posting what in so-called anon subs.
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Edit: Hey, cool! My post got a "Speculation" flair. Perhaps the first in voat's history in v/Whatever.
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Acerphoon ago
What the hell is SBBH?
Pissant ago
v/Soapboxbanhammer
A subverse that's usually at the center of any drama that unfolds on this website. Their users harass others and brigade subverses. They'll break subverse rules repeatedly in order to get banned, then cry censorship. I've seen them manage to remove moderators from several smaller subverses using that method, then they attempt to place one of their own as a moderator.
But if you point any of this out there's a coordinated effort to attack your character and imply that you're just an alt account of one of the more outspoken users here who openly criticize SBBH.
More and more average users are calling them out.
Acerphoon ago
So basically. the SRS equivalent of voat?
Meh, I've never gotten banned here yet, so whatever.
dooob ago
Considering that SBBH is pro-free speech, they are hardly like SRS. They got branded SRS when they organized raids against known shills. Guess who created that narrative.
Womb_Raider ago
"Sbbh is pro-free speech, ignore the fact that they attack users relentlessly if they oppose us, and ignore the fact that our entire shtick is banning people. Also ignore that we often make posts about users in their sub that are banned, so they cannot adequately make their case on the subject. Ignore all this manipulative behavior, SBBH is good" - dooob
heygeorge ago
Check the ban list. Check the ages of the bans. I'm not personally attacking you, only observing, when I say that you sound like a moron.
Womb_Raider ago
Ignore the rest of the content of my comment. That's fine.
heygeorge ago
Lol you used Yiddish in your comment. How's that for talking about ()something else()($)
Womb_Raider ago
Continue to ignore the content of my comment. That's fine.
heygeorge ago
There's nothing useful to address.