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Re:SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation by ptorrone on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @01:15PM (#46619923)
i asked if the person was going to "dox" me if i purchased a sticker that was in my cart already. there are multiple people making accounts using my handle, so i'm now on a server where there is some due process before fake reports or others pretending to be me.
Re:SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation by xyzzyxy on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @03:04PM (#46622182)
> i asked if the person was going to "dox" me if i purchased a sticker that was in my cart already.

That implies you asked this of some random Etsy seller you happened to be interested in purchasing a sticker from, due to general privacy concerns. However, as I understand it, you instead tracked down the Etsy store of someone who had criticized and blocked you on social media, specifically to send them further unwanted messages related to your previous conversation about "doxxing" another user. Is this correct?

> there are multiple people making accounts using my handle, so i'm now on a server where there is some due process before fake reports or others pretending to be me.

Nick cited [1] specific since-suspended fediverse accounts linked to you: @[email protected], @[email protected], @[email protected], @ptorrone.bsky.social, @[email protected]. Are you denying involvement with those specific alt accounts, or just vaguely suggesting there might be other impersonators out there?

[1] https://chaos.social/@North/115602127173454774

Re:SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation by lsaferite on Wednesday January 14, 2026 @05:21PM (#46624601)
> However, as I understand it, you instead tracked down the Etsy store of someone who had criticized and blocked you on social media, specifically to send them further unwanted messages related to your previous conversation about "doxxing" another user.

I have zero knowledge of the drama beyond reading the posts here, but if this is true then that clearly falls into the harassment arena.

Re:SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation by asddubs on Thursday January 15, 2026 @03:53AM (#46629913)
wow, I recommend people read the linked thread, it basically completely exonerates the "employee who made a hate site" with receipts. I came into this thinking adafruit was in the right, but wow
Re:SparkFun Officially Dropping AdaFruit due to CoC Violation by jamesnorden on Thursday January 15, 2026 @10:13AM (#46633636)
I believe Phil, it was just a big coincidence. /s