Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive.today

Re:Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive... by immibis on Saturday November 15, 2025 @10:54AM (#45938221)

I downvoted it because it's commonly said by people who do bad things, as a red herring. "People from your subreddit keep killing people" "Well at least we're not infected by the woke mind virus"/"You can't accuse us of that just because we don't agree with the hivemind"/etc. It's no different from "but her emails" etc.

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Re:Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive... by vintermann on Saturday November 15, 2025 @12:52PM (#45939195)

If there was one thing I could make people understand: Even though bad people are saying it, doesn't mean it isn't true.

Social media false flag tactics happen. People from all over all sorts of political spectrums tell the same story. The sites tell the same story.

If you decide to blindly dismiss claims of abuse because you don't like the ones claiming to be abused, you create a comfy little space for abuse to happen.

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Re:Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive... by gopher_space on Saturday November 15, 2025 @04:06PM (#45940613)

Known Bad Actors on the internet don’t get sympathy or second chances.

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Re:Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive... by immibis on Saturday November 15, 2025 @01:16PM (#45939371)

> Even though bad people are saying it, doesn't mean it isn't true.

I am a human being and therefore have a built-in Bayesian filter for spam and bullshit. Should I also read Nigerian prince emails, just in case there's a real Nigerian prince who needs my help?

In case you are a real Nigerian prince who needs my help, it's up to you not to phrase it identically to a spam email.

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Re:Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive... by vintermann on Saturday November 15, 2025 @03:12PM (#45940232)

You're choosing to disbelieve people because you don't like them. You would have believed them if you liked them and they said the same thing, because if you've spent any time at all online you know it happens.

That's not the same as disbelieving an anonymous spammer. Your distrust of them does not stem from disliking them.

To me, your attitude seems like indifference to the truth: I think you know that this happens, and it would be VERY odd if it only happened to people you like, but you're just indifferent when it happens to people you don't like, so you disbelieve them out of spite.

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Re:Our investigation into the suspicious pressure on Archive... by journoscum on Monday November 17, 2025 @08:13PM (#45960302)

Is there any evidence that reddit banned subreddits because of those spammers? Did they make a statement?

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