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I'm catching the tail end of this, seems to be some kind of controversy...

https://domaingang.com/domain-news/rob-monster-off-twitter-after-christchurch-massacre-controversy/

Must be something odd to evoke this type of a response from one of our members.

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Free Speech is still alive and well at NamePros. Good to see.

It is not a secret that I align with a more Libertarian world view, believing that there is personal responsibility for personal sovereignty.

If you are a "good" person, people will do business with you, work for you, work with you, invest in you, cheer for you and pray for you.

If you are a "bad" person, it will eventually come out in the wash. Free speech is a great detergent.

Where it gets ugly is what we have today. We have sites like Huffington Post and Wikipedia that trot out nonsense without remedy or rebuttal.

That is why the world needs new digital alternatives that are governed by enduring principles and values and not directed by hidden agendas.

Yes, I have a few things cooking and am working diligently to bring them to fruition. I intend to do this as transparently as possibly for the benefit of mankind.
 
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Despite your efforts to silence it.

The irony of your statement is just a tad thick. Keep those lemons coming Bro. I am scaling the sugar factory and serving lemonade. Too bad the lemons are not organic!
 
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Free Speech is still alive and well at NamePros. Good to see.

It is not a secret that I align with a more Libertarian world view, believing that there is personal responsibility for personal sovereignty.

If you are a "good" person, people will do business with you, work for you, work with you, invest in you, cheer for you and pray for you.

If you are a "bad" person, it will eventually come out in the wash. Free speech is a great detergent.

Where it gets ugly is what we have today. We have sites like Huffington Post and Wikipedia that trot out nonsense without remedy or rebuttal.

That is why the world needs new digital alternatives that are governed by enduring principles and values and not directed by hidden agendas.

Yes, I have a few things cooking and am working diligently to bring them to fruition. I intend to do this as transparently as possibly for the benefit of mankind.

This thread although very long, but has taught us that we should not judge anyone too quickly as your situation has proved while you were being attacked from so many different fronts all at once. When someone is tagged as a bad person just because his or her point of view is against the interest and agendas of a few who don’t want to see any changes in the status quo, then the real bad guys might be totally different than what it seems on the surface especially when an individual is up against a global machine that will not hesitate to do whatever it takes to silence the truth. As one wiseman once said its best to be hated by everyone and be right than to be loved by everyone and be wrong.

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You may not like the statement but it is true and verifiable.

Moderators here at NamePros are patrolling hate speech. Good for them.

As stated above, I acknowledge that there are people in this world whose motivation are not rooted in anything positive: growth, empowerment, learning, truth, commerce, etc. Some content is hateful. Some people are chaos agents. The moderators have the hard job of evaluating heart, intent and motivation. The moderators are sovereign.

As for your account, your account was restricted from the very first day I met you and before you and I even began to become acquainted. You have gone on to make a concerted effort as resident agent provocateur. Well, in the meantime, I see they closed it now.

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You explained it but let's face it -- the moderators considered you enough of a menace to society that they sovereignly booted a long-standing account that presumably had a trading history and was an investment of human effort:

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In the meantime, if the moderators closed your account again, to be very honest, I would not miss you at all. I find your methods to be duplicitous and subversive. I believe I am not alone. An objective review of your post history shows patterns of OCD.
 
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You seem to have gone from overcoming humanity's bad characteristics in your 1st post I quoted - "requires that we overcome all the humanity’s bad characteristics" - to controlling and containing them in this next post. You were meaning that in your 1st post?

At the end it's not what I say that should be idealized as I am just trying to be a motivator, but what common sense says that is based on logic and compassion. No one can write a blueprint for what is right, humanity has to figure that out by following common sense that is based on logic and compassion and as I said before with some help from AI that is a force for good.

I should also add that because of some of the humanity’s bad characteristics and the interest and agendas of certain people and groups the wrong way might be presented to be right and the right way might be presented to be wrong and so that’s why to have a Good AI that is a force of good is a necessary and welcomed addition to the equation in order to help us find the right path going forward. IMO
 
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Contacted @Eric Lyon at NamePros and he said that this is normal for some members to be able to have a longer time limit for editing their posts on certain threads.

PS: Thanks for the quick response Eric, NamePros is getting more exiting and interesting by the day, you all keep up the good work :)

With some of the animosity that is going on here it makes me a little concerned about the posts being able to be edited after 30 minutes time limit, what happens if you "like" someone's comment and then a week later they edit it to be something totally opposite to what you had originally given a "like" to.
 
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With some of the animosity that is going on here it makes me a little concerned about the posts being able to be edited after 30 minutes time limit, what happens if you "like" someone's comment and then a week later they edit it to be something totally opposite to what you had originally given a "like" to.

What animosity? We should be able to disagree, or not? I believe there is no limit on liking/unliking posts.

In the meantime, if the moderators closed your account again, to be very honest, I would not miss you at all.

Because you are so very much in favor of free speech, right? I will respond to your entire defamatory post in due time.
 
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At the end it's not what I say that should be idealized as I am just trying to be a motivator, but what common sense says that is based on logic and compassion. No one can write a blueprint for what is right, humanity has to figure that out by following common sense that is based on logic and compassion and as I said before with some help from AI that is a force for good.

I should also add that because of some of the humanity’s bad characteristics and the interest and agendas of certain people and groups the wrong way might be presented to be right and the right way might be presented to be wrong and so that’s why to have a Good AI that is a force of good is a necessary and welcomed addition to the equation in order to help us find the right path going forward. IMO

On "following common sense that is based on logic and compassion", I'm thinking there could be a problem. Eg. Some people will choose 'tell a lie' logic, because they don't want to risk anyone getting hurt, and that's 'common sense' to them. The next person will choose 'tell the truth' common sense logic, even if it does create some hurt, because to them telling the truth is 'the right thing to do'. Who is right, who is wrong.... . Both seem to have a case. What "Good AI" could really do with such.... Design ways forward while leaving problems in place? : )

I hear you on the AI. I've AIforHumanity and TerminatorAI, in .com. I've also forHumanity in .com, which I'm working on as a project for my (up till now sideline) innovation company - which I'm shifting to being more of an innovation 'catalyst' type enterprise. I've been considering combining those domains into some kind of forHumanity.com/AI project. See what might come of it, as I see AI being too significant not to get involved in some way if possible, even in a small way, if one doesn't want AI to go to the dark side.
 
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On "following common sense that is based on logic and compassion", I'm thinking there could be a problem. Eg. Some people will choose 'tell a lie' logic, because they don't want to risk anyone getting hurt, and that's 'common sense' to them. The next person will choose 'tell the truth' common sense logic, even if it does create some hurt, because to them telling the truth is 'the right thing to do'. Who is right, who is wrong.... . Both seem to have a case. What "Good AI" could really do with such.... Design ways forward while leaving problems in place? : )

I hear you on the AI. I've AIforHumanity and TerminatorAI, in .com. I've also forHumanity in .com, which I'm working on as a project for my (up till now sideline) innovation company - which I'm shifting to being more of an innovation 'catalyst' type enterprise. I've been considering combining those domains into some kind of forHumanity.com/AI project. See what might come of it, as I see AI being too significant not to get involved in some way if possible, even in a small way, if one doesn't want AI to go to the dark side.

It's good that you want to do something to help the Humanity although don't forget about the Environment as I believe that a Good AI can help us in both areas. Logic by itself is not adequate, as for example someone might come to the logical conclusion that the society might be better off if all disabled or old people are eliminated to make room for more healthy and younger generations, compassion by itself is not adequate either as it can be considered a sign of weakness in certain situations. Strength of mind is achieved if there is a balance between logic and compassion in a way that they complement one another and keep each other in check to make sure that the decisions made make sense as far as common sense and the Universal rights and values are concerned. There might be certain scenarios and situations that people might arrive at different conclusions as human brain although powerful but is not perfect or they might get confused as to how much compassion they need to have, but that's when we need to use a Good AI (one with general intelligence) to help us find the right path.

When the Founding Fathers established the three branches of the government over 250 years ago here in the United States they were wise enough to hold each branch accountable to one another and that's what needs to be done now in the 21 century. People in different parts of the World need to be held accountable not only to one another, but also to AI especially when it comes to issues that go beyond our borders that have to do with Humanity, Environment, or Space and even AI itself as to making sure that it evolves to be a force of good. IMO
 
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Coming back to the Free Speech topic, this is a must-watch interview about what is going on in China. Kyle Bass interviewing Miles Kwok (aka Guo Wengu).

https://video.watchmask.com/4cwXifDaCjE/

If you are short on time, skip to 26:25 in the interview to understand the framework of total control over the population: Cyber Control.

Control the narrative. Control the outcome.

The Founding Fathers knew this time would come. So did Orwell. Forewarned is forearmed.
 
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Moderators here at NamePros are patrolling hate speech. Good for them.

As stated above, I acknowledge that there are people in this world whose motivation are not rooted in anything positive: growth, empowerment, learning, truth, commerce, etc. Some content is hateful. Some people are chaos agents. The moderators have the hard job of evaluating heart, intent and motivation. The moderators are sovereign.

In recent memory you argued that hate speech is part of free speech and against controlling speech of all types. So have you changed your position?

As for your account, your account was restricted from the very first day I met you and before you and I even began to become acquainted. You have gone on to make a concerted effort as resident agent provocateur. Well, in the meantime, I see they closed it now.

You, @Rob Monster, have orchestrated a campaign to silence voices you disagree with or are not flattering to you.

The posts that some accounts have created flattering you or Epik contain praises to the extreme that border on ridiculous and lack credibility.

I decided that I will not have 2 accounts, like 2 accounts you have, and asked for the free account (that comes with the Gold subscription) to be closed.

You explained it but let's face it -- the moderators considered you enough of a menace to society that they sovereignly booted a long-standing account that presumably had a trading history and was an investment of human effort:

Stop speaking for the moderators and making baseless accusations. They already had to correct/clarify erroneous statements you have made.

In the meantime, if the moderators closed your account again, to be very honest, I would not miss you at all. I find your methods to be duplicitous and subversive. I believe I am not alone. An objective review of your post history shows patterns of OCD.

Again, the moderators closed the free account on my behest.

If anyone is going to diagnose someone's mental state, I suggest you look up Messiah complex.
 
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In recent memory you argued that hate speech is part of free speech and against controlling speech of all types. So have you changed your position?



You, @Rob Monster, have orchestrated a campaign to silence voices you disagree with or are not flattering to you.

The posts that some accounts have created flattering you or Epik contain praises to the extreme that border on ridiculous and lack credibility.

I decided that I will not have 2 accounts, like 2 accounts you have, and asked for the free account (that comes with the Gold subscription) to be closed.



Stop speaking for the moderators and making baseless accusations. They already had to correct/clarify erroneous statements you have made.



Again, the moderators closed the free account on my behest.

If anyone is going to diagnose someone's mental state, I suggest you look up Messiah complex.

There is no campaign. People sovereignly decide who to ignore. Unfortunately there is no ignore feature on NamePros yet.

There are no Epik sock puppet accounts. Once again people sovereignly decide who to endorse. Yes, believe it or not, we have some fans here and elsewhere.

As for messiah complex, no, not at all. I am a humble servant and nothing more. I use time, talent and treasure to do the work put before me. Try it sometime.
 
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As for messiah complex, no, not at all. I am a humble servant and nothing more. I use time, talent and treasure to do the work put before me. Try it sometime.

Why do you have to repeat that you are "a humble servant"? A humble person would not say this or occur for them bring this up.

Sounds like you are saying, "I am humble and proud of it".
 
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Why do you have to repeat that you are "a humble servant"? A humble person would not say this or occur for them bring this up.

Sounds like you are saying, "I am humble and proud of it".

As for being a "humble servant", I simply reiterated it because you accused me of having a "messiah complex" which would be the exact opposite.

As stated before, in August 2018, I asked the Lord two petitions: (1) to have the capacity to love everyone and judge nobody, and (2) to be granted a servant's heart.

Although you might doubt it, and although it may be a work in progress, I believe both petitions were granted. I take zero credit for what was achieved in the last 12 months.
 
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Us.Tv is a node on the decentralized PeerTube federation. The videos we host locally is under the tab called "Local". We have no idea where the other videos are hosted, and who hosts them. I am not sure if we can block specific videos from being viewed at Us.Tv, but we'll check with product manager @Taylor Ervin but I believe that is possible.
US.TV may well be your best investment if you would give it a real push to become YouTube like. I am looking forward to investing in Epik.

I'd suggest you disable the infinite scroll and create a professional footer
 
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US.TV may well be your best investment if you would give it a real push to become YouTube like. I am looking forward to investing in Epik.

I'd suggest you disable the infinite scroll

Thanks @dande -- it is a nice little piece of software built on the ActivityPub and PeerTube rails. I think as the plan unfolds for the "Toki" ecosystem, the utility of the Us.Tv platform will become more apparent. What Us.Tv needs right now is a dedicated product manager to engage Youtube channel owners with a better economic model. If YouTube really starts censoring in earnest, Us.Tv should be in position.
 
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One thing that has bothered me since talking with @Rob Monster on the phone is the idea you have, Rob, that the Internet is what unlocks the truth. I believe that the Internet obfuscates the truth and forces us to use more critical thinking if our earnest desire is to get to the truth. Check out this article from last December and post your thoughts,

https://www.dnplaybook.com/beat-fake-news-disinformation/
 
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One thing that has bothered me since talking with @Rob Monster on the phone is the idea you have, Rob, that the Internet is what unlocks the truth. I believe that the Internet obfuscates the truth and forces us to use more critical thinking if our earnest desire is to get to the truth. Check out this article from last December and post your thoughts,

https://www.dnplaybook.com/beat-fake-news-disinformation/

Tom, it totally does.

I just had a coffee meeting with the guy who broke this story:

https://www.spinquark.com/welcome-to-social-government/

It was viewed by more than 500,000 people.

Yes, the Internet is exposing all kinds of nonsense that goes on all over the world. You can retreat into your safe space if that is what works for you. I choose not to.
 
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Yes, the Internet is exposing all kinds of nonsense that goes on all over the world. You can retreat into your safe space if that is what works for you. I choose not to.

So how do you diferentiate truth/fact from spin/fake on the Internet?
 
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This is such an important conversation as Internet is playing a greater roll in steering people’s decision making.
 
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It was viewed by more than 500,000 people.

The number of people that view or believe something is not an indication of truth or fact.
 
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So how do you diferentiate truth/fact from spin/fake on the Internet?

Do you think this is a legitimate question to make? If so, what do you consider a legitimate answer?
 
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