Byuu/Near committed suicide following a coordinated harrasment campaign targeted against them, their family and friends, for being openly queer.

Byuu was bullied into committing suicide by a bunch of horrible trolls that wouldn't leave them alone.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27652814

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27657610

It's a big claim, but there hasn't been any proof that he actually died. Thankfully, he's probably just taking a break from the Internet

It is very, very hard to see a cult for what it is from the inside.

I'm not a Kiwi Farms user and never had an account, assuming you're referring to me. Or is this a cry for help? Are you in a cult?

I suppose you are just an independent skeptic of Near's death then?