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.
Pissant ago
Yeah, you won't get banned. That's not something you have to be concerned about on Voat. Generally speaking the SBBH nonsense doesn't effect the average user. There's an argument to be made that their manipulation and deceit has far reaching effects, but that's a whole other discussion.
The basic facts as far as I can see them are that they stir shit and try to manipulate users. Just being aware of that is enough I'd say.
Acerphoon ago
Scratch that. Actually I was just banned from Soapboxbanhammer lol
Pissant ago
They do that on a fairly regular basis. I'll get banned and unbanned by them fairly regularly. It's just another way for them to bother people. Whenever I make posts like this describing their bullshit, they use the Anon subverses to ping me over and over again. I'll come back and my inbox will have dozens of notifications. A lot of the time they'll be titles like "Doxxing Pissant" and other bullshit.
Here's a few screenshots I took showing that. Don't get me wrong, I don't have my panties in a twist about it all. They're not actually harming me -- but these people will go through your posting history and if you're not careful about personal information they will doxx you.
It's just not behavior that you would really expect to see here, and you wouldn't expect there to be so many people downvoating those of us who take the time to highlight the behavior. It's... strange...
Womb_Raider ago
Yeah, I'm pretty sure they actually jot down notes about individual users. hergeorge referenced an obscure comment I made some two plus years ago, it was vague information about my personal habits. I found it unsettling, but it wasn't anything big enough to risk an identity leak.
heygeorge ago
If you're gonna talk shit, ping me, faggot. Perhaps your obscure comment stood out to me. Or perhaps I found it while noodling around the site. In fact, right now I don't even know what you're talking about. Unless it's the thing where you said you were a self-described paranoid from smoking too much weed.
Womb_Raider ago
Forgive my typo, it appears I was assuming your gender. I'll ping you in future mentions, if it pleases you, but I find when I ping SBBH I get awarded copious negative voats. I have noticed when I do not ping you, I get less downvoats. Call that what you like.
Yes, that's the bit I was referencing. I said that very long ago, so I can only assume you take notes on individuals to study their habits, text patterns, and topics upon which they are knowledgeable. I could also be overestimating your competence... I mean, you do hang out with @gabara. (I pinged him to appease you)
gabara ago
@crensch is right, you really are that fruitcake MYG.
Womb_Raider ago
I really don't take kindly to that accusation. At all.
heygeorge ago
If it sounds like a shit looks like a shit smells like a shit...
Pissant ago
"Everyone that disagrees with me is the same person!"
You people are delusional.
heygeorge ago
Nah, OP is delusional. You are a fruitcake.