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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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...Cause the Bible is no different than fairy tables, but for adults. My opinion.
More like a guidebook for people who subscribe to the greatest story ever told, an ideology of hope, afterlife and forces of good usually winning over evil, imprinted upon them during their childhood, formative years. The smarter ones glimpse the many inconsistencies with the reality around them and desperately search for the truth, that is confirmation, affirmation they are not totally out of their minds. Hence so many interpretations, Churches, religious orders and what not... IMO.
On the other hand scientific facts are not opinions. You like them or you don't, but facts remain facts.
On the other hand, Kate, science isn't what it used to be as recently as the 1970's when I was growing up. Since then, we've learned, or rather started to learn, interesting but also disturbing things about the world around us. Basic science, the particle accelelator, collider, or quantum physics, to name but a few. We are only just beginning to glimpse that our understanding of science is... fragmentary at best! Science wise, things are moving forward at breakneck speed and with advent of AI, they are likely to radically speed up. I wouldn't count on all those science "facts" surviving your lifetime, Kate. Or mine for that matter. Hard to say what's going to emerge at the end of this journey :xf.smile:

Full disclosure: as a child, I was lucky to spend most of my holidays with my late grandfather. He took me to mass every Sunday morning and taught me to pray at night. But also made damn sure that I understood it was all a "Hail Mary" at best, unlikely to solve my childish problems or dreams of toys. But hey, he said, doesn't hurt to ask... on the offchance He (the Allmighty, he's had deep faith in) would listen. And if he was wrong about Him, well, no harm done, he'd tell me :xf.wink:
 
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It's just that, if you believe the Earth is flat there should be evidence that points to it. Within the current state of scientific knowledge of course. But the Bible is not current and never was scientific anyway. Skepticism is one thing, delusion is another. When people profess to know the truth based on some old book and a dose of personal interpretation you know how it ends.
 
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If you decide that the Bible is more important than science you have a problem.

I do understand your mindset. Secular humanism and atheism are their own religion. I don't judge anyone for their choice of faith. It would be fine with me if they returned that favor.

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. - 1 Corinthians 1:18

I don't think you are a truth-seeker, you are only looking for validation.

Actually, I can assure you that I have all the validation I need. I have strength of conviction due to the overwhelming evidence that the Bible is a historical record. That said, you can believe what you like.

For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. - Galatians 1:10

Enjoy your stay in the 4th dimension.

As for 4D, that sounds like new-age nonsense. :) If you are referring to the prospect of eternity in a glorified body, incapable of death or sickness, it sounds pretty great to me.

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. - 1 John 3:2

Seriously though, the overt persecution of Christians around the world, more than any other group, should be the big clue that it really is the Bible-believing Christians who have cracked the code.

I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. - John 14:6

If the Christians are right, accepting the free gift of salvation is an unbeatable offer. And if the Christians are wrong, they live their lives believing that they will have to give an account for themselves.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. - Romans 5:12

These are my personal views. They have nothing to do with Epik as a company, which safeguards the lawful free speech of any registrant and will do so to the very best of our ability without bias or favor.
 
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These are my personal views. They have nothing to do with Epik as a company, which safeguards the lawful free speech of any registrant and will do so to the very best of our ability without bias or favor.

Can you define "lawful free speech"? What kind of speech is unlawful? And who makes that call?
 
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Can you define "lawful free speech"? What kind of speech is unlawful? And who makes that call?

The courts make the call in the jurisdiction where the host or registrar operates. Epik cooperates with court orders. As for the USA, free speech is still the law of the land, which is why these issues are being tried in the court of public opinion, and not through a competent judicial process. At least, not yet. More here:

https://www.aclu.org/other/your-right-free-expression
 
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...Enjoy your stay in the 4th dimension.
...As for 4D, that sounds like new-age nonsense...
Admittedly, I'm not current on all latest scientific theorem, arising from some cutting edge, basic science experiments. But I seem to recall something about the likelihood of infinite number of dynamically created and destroyed dimmensions. Depending on little as yet understood energy fluctuations and transfers between said dimmensions. Apologies in advance to those in the loop if I mix up some terms here... this stems from experiments with extremely shortlived particles (like fractions of a second) and related displacement and energy inconsistencies that can't be explained within the framework of traditional physics. Short (pun intended!) version: said particles bombard us from the far reaches of the universe, traversing waaaay much farther than it should be possible during their "lifetime" and given their energy characteristics. This part was already established as fact some 10 or 15 years ago. There are a number of theorems what's the cause of this, skirting (what else?) quantum physics and (what else?) multiple dimmensions :xf.grin:
If you are referring to the prospect of eternity in a glorified body, incapable of death or sickness, it sounds pretty great to me.
What body? C'mon, I had it on good authority, admittedly back a few decades ago, this was supposed to be pure soul, incorporeal life, existence sh... ahem, stuff... no? Or have there been some new "findings" since I was in the loop? (n)

Seriously now: incorporeal soul made some sense... to me at least. Glorified body, not so much. Unless it's an avatar of your former self... like those portrayed in the sci-fi movie Avatar ? I can work with that! :xf.grin:

Disclaimer: apologies all around, I'm very open minded, open to new theories and... findings. But very critical all the same. Things may be improbable, unlikely, but they have to make sense. Turning water into wine. Walking on water. I can work with all that. Flat Earth, not so much... took a trip around the world a couple of times... eastward, then westward, both... wound up back where I'd started from. No unexplained hard turns or turbulence enroute, either. Looking forward to checking out the Antarctic... have this on my bucket list :ROFL:
 
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Seriously now: incorporeal soul made some sense... to me at least. Glorified body, not so much. Unless it's an avatar of your former self... like those portrayed in the sci-fi movie Avatar ? I can work with that! :xf.grin:

Disclaimer: apologies all around, I'm very open minded, open to new theories and... findings. But very critical all the same.

God works in mysterious ways. That being said, there are folks who have tried to unravel this mystery of how dry bones, or even decomposed matter, could resurrected. For example:

https://strangenotions.com/quantum-physics-and-bodily-resurrection-2/

I accept the promise of resurrection (and eternal life) on faith but the science, e.g. Quantum mechanics, teleportation of photons, etc, is starting to imagine how it could be done.
 
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God works in mysterious ways...
Or what's much more likely, whomever they were, they did their thing 2,000 years ago, seeded what they aimed to leave us with here and are long gone from our Solar System :xf.smile:

Nothing wrong with calling them God... any sufficiently advanced civilization and all that jazz :alien:
I accept the promise of resurrection (and eternal life) on faith but the science, e.g. Quantum mechanics, teleportation of photons, etc, is starting to imagine how it could be done.
Well, things seem to be quickly coming to a boil... scientifically, like. I estimate we'll know for sure in a decade or maybe three. Possibly during our lifetimes. My 6 year old daughter will have a front row seat for sure. And she'll be ready. Frankly, I'm not looking forward to this. A couple of billion people having their whole world turned upside down and with no safety belts on! (n):nailbiting::blackeye:

The best we can hope for is that this will come gradually, over a span of years, decades maybe, allowing religions and their adherents to find ways to come to terms with what revelations await us at the end of this journey...

Make no mistake, Rob, truth will out. No matter the depth of your faith or my lack thereof. No matter whether we seek the truth or not, it's coming. And pretty soon. If you and I won't be here to face it, your children, my children, will for sure. Our parents and we started this. Quantum physics. The collider in Switzerland, the Chinese finishing a bigger, more advanced one. AI. VR. 3D printing. Genetic engineering... to name but a few things. We'll reap the consequences. Or our children will. That's assuming they'll survive a couple of other bumps in the road coming before that... fingers crossed O_o
 
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Can you define "lawful free speech"? What kind of speech is unlawful? And who makes that call?

From my understanding, free speech is protected in US by first amendment so technically cannot be unlawful. First amendment does not however protect all speech. For example inciting someone to harm someone (or themselves) is not protected. Courts decide on a case-by-case basis.

When someone talks about defending free speech that is all fine and dandy but is irrelevant when the question is what are they doing about unlawful speech.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions
 
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From my understanding, free speech is protected in US by first amendment so technically cannot be unlawful. First amendment does not however protect all speech. For example inciting someone to harm someone (or themselves) is not protected. Courts decide on a case-by-case basis.

When someone talks about defending free speech that is all fine and dandy but is irrelevant when the question is what are they doing about unlawful speech.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_free_speech_exceptions

We let the courts interpret the law and enforce their decisions even as we may a registrant on how to defend their legal rights. In some rare cases, we use our own Terms of Service to enforce what we believe the courts would decide, and to refuse service. We don't take such decisions lightly but have certainly taken them, notably in cases of active fraud and incitement to targeted and imminent violence.

One of the great challenges is how to deal with sites where there is user generated content that might constitute active incitement. Our belief is that site administrators have a duty of care to actively monitor their sites for such content, to remove it promptly and to ban such users from submitting content that did not comply with their ToS. And in some cases, obviously objectionable content has been posted by saboteurs.
 
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Can you believe this m
The courts make the call in the jurisdiction where the host or registrar operates. Epik cooperates with court orders. As for the USA, free speech is still the law of the land, which is why these issues are being tried in the court of public opinion, and not through a competent judicial process. At least, not yet. More here:

https://www.aclu.org/other/your-right-free-expression

Here is an example of Newsweek using Free Speech.

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Is there any validity to it? Is it a productive thing that it would generate 11,000 comments on Twitter. No, not really, but it sure does start conversations.

Free speech requires discernment, including the burden to discern which news sources are either toxic for your soul, e.g. much of Huffington Post, or just nonsense, e.g. this Tweet by Newsweek.
 
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It's just that, if you believe the Earth is flat there should be evidence that points to it. Within the current state of scientific knowledge of course. But the Bible is not current and never was scientific anyway. Skepticism is one thing, delusion is another. When people profess to know the truth based on some old book and a dose of personal interpretation you know how it ends.

We'll have to disagree on the historicity of the Bible. It is secular fact from Genesis 11 onwards. As for the antediluvian period, it is oral history from guys that the Bible claims lived to ~900 years old, meaning there would have been plenty of time to shoot the breeze and get their facts transmitted.

As for the flat earth topic, I am not going to attempt to be an apologist for that movement. There are however people who are both skilled Bible scholars and also reasonably intelligent people who correlate science. They are asking reasonable questions based on the supposition that the Bible is correct.

Here is one example:

https://us.tv/gg4ZeGJiyNA/

Public service announcement; That video is hosted on Epik's Us.Tv where it can be downloaded which is a nice feature for anyone in need of a free video downloader that is also using SOCKS5 proxy to mask identity when downloading from WatchMask.com. After all, you might be called crazy for looking into these matters.
 
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Here is an example of Newsweek using Free Speech.

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Is there any validity to it? Is it a productive thing that it would generate 11,000 comments on Twitter. No, not really, but it sure does start conversations.

Free speech requires discernment, including the burden to discern which news sources are either toxic for your soul, e.g. much of Huffington Post, or just nonsense, e.g. this Tweet by Newsweek.

And this is what I call righteous indignation against a false narrative:

 
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For those of you who are following the present hysteria in New York about mandatory vaccinations, we have an example of free speech being used to expose another false narrative:

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/mainstream-media-falsely-used-image-measles/

Measles are a nuisance. It is rarely lethal. In fact, even well before the MMR vaccine the mortality rate of measles was approaching nil.

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The idea that people should be forced to get vaccinated is medical tyranny. You can thank free speech for exposing the measles epidemic propaganda when mainstream media is amplifying a false narrative.
 
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It's not the core of the issue here.

Never said it was. This is a branching discussion, involving many interconnected topics. Someone said something, and I examined it. Simple as that. Just as people have made claims about Islam in this thread, and others (including me) have responded to those claims. People's attitudes toward Islam are also "not the core of the issue here". But we should be allowed to examine all the tangled threads within this hairball.

Epik was not criticized for being neutral or not being neutral. Epik was criticized for engaging in objectionable activity, that is the posts made by Rob. Because there is no clear distinction between Rob and Epik.

Yes, both Rob and Epik were criticized for the things you mention. The activity was Rob's, not Epik's. But that has already been discussed.

But you are mistaken if you believe that Epik was not ALSO criticized for other reasons – including for remaining neutral and accepting the Gab.com transfer. Even now, we are receiving letters from angry non-customers who demand that websites (other than Gab) be de-platformed due to a viewpoint expressed by someone on that website. Within the past week, I was personally condemned as "supporting violence" and greedy and unethical for not suspending a domain that someone disagreed with.

So it is definitely very true that Epik has been criticized for being content agnostic and neutral. That isn't just coming from random people online. I have also heard notable people within the domain industry, whom I respect, question whether Epik ought to "provide a platform" for content they (and I) deem morally objectionable. So this question of domains as platforms and registrars being neutral is CENTRAL to people's judgment of Epik. I can say that after having spoken to many of them at NamesCon and after dealing with numerous complaints about the Gab.com transfer to Epik and after reading comments in this thread.

Forgive me for staying focused on the simple facts. It doesn't take a long philosophical discussion.

On the contrary, the domain industry and society generally do need a philosophical discussion about de-platforming, censorship, and registrar responsibilities. And it will likely be very long – years and years.

You and I are equally focused on facts. However, you would prefer not to talk about what I'm talking about and instead focus on another topic. That's fine. But it doesn't address what I've said.

The bottom line is that registrars all have TOS, and they will make judgment calls. Or they will simply tell the difficult clients to take their business elsewhere. So they are not completely neutral. Even Epik has done that, so it's not really different than the other registrars. Perhaps has a slightly higher tolerance threshold.

I can think of no difference more acute than (A) suspending a domain versus (B) allowing the domain to be registered. GoDaddy did (A). Epik did (B). Let's not pretend that Epik is "not really different than the other registrars".
 
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The point made by TCK was about hate speech. Your reply is in defence of free speech. We need to recognise the difference.

What do you see as the difference? The way I would use those phrases, "hate speech" is some subset of things that are said – things that someone considers to be hateful. In contrast, "free speech" is not something that is said at all. It is a policy of allowing things to be said.
 
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Yeah, some people are trying to make this more complicated than it needs to be or muddying things up repeating "free speech" or talking about different issues.

No, I talk about different issues because those different issues are important.

I'm not "muddying things up". People have the capacity to think about 2 or 3 topics at once and to distinguish between the issues.

If I talk about registrar responsibilities and free speech and the Gab.com transfer, that is not a sleight-of-hand distraction to prevent others from noticing conspiracy theories, anti-muslim memes, or politics getting mixed up with registrar operations that ought to be neutral. All of these issues are entangled. And they're all germane to the subject of this thread. People should be able to see all of this at once without getting confused.

Yeah, some people are trying to make this more complicated than it needs to be

Some people are trying to make this more simplistic than it actually is.
 
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In the decade before the live measles vaccine was licensed in 1963, an average of 549,000 measles cases and 495 measles deaths were reported annually in the United States. However, it is likely that, on average, 3 to 4 million people were infected with measles annually; most cases were not reported. Of the reported cases, approximately 48,000 people were hospitalized from measles and 1,000 people developed chronic disability from acute encephalitis caused by measles annually.
https://www.cdc.gov/measles/hcp/index.html
In 2000, measles was declared eliminated from the United States. Elimination is defined as the absence of endemic measles virus transmission in a defined geographic area, such as a region or country, for 12 months or longer in the presence of a well-performing surveillance system. However measles cases and outbreaks still occur every year in the United States because measles is still commonly transmitted in many parts of the world, including countries in Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Africa. Worldwide, 19 cases of measles per 1 million persons are reported each year; an estimated 89,780 die each year.

  • One out of every 1,000 measles cases will develop acute encephalitis, which often results in permanent brain damage.
  • One or two out of every 1,000 children who become infected with measles will die from respiratory and neurologic complications.
  • Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) is a rare, but fatal degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized by behavioral and intellectual deterioration and seizures that generally develop 7 to 10 years after measles infection.
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29 November 2007 | ATLANTA/GENEVA/NEW YORK/WASHINGTON - Measles deaths in Africa fell by 91% between 2000 and 2006, from an estimated 396 000 to 36 000, reaching the United Nations 2010 goal to cut measles deaths by 90% four years early. The spectacular gains achieved in Africa helped generate a strong decline in global measles deaths, which fell 68% worldwide – from an estimated 757 000 to 242 000 – during this period.

The significant decline in measles deaths in Africa was made possible by the firm commitment of national governments to fully implement the measles reduction strategy, which includes vaccinating all children against measles before their first birthday via routine health services and providing a second opportunity for measles vaccination through mass vaccination campaigns.
https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2007/pr62/en/

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https://www.cdc.gov/measles/hcp/index.html
In 2000, measles was declared eliminated from the United States. Elimination is defined as the absence of endemic measles virus transmission in a defined geographic area, such as a region or country, for 12 months or longer in the presence of a well-performing surveillance system. However measles cases and outbreaks still occur every year in the United States because measles is still commonly transmitted in many parts of the world, including countries in Europe, Asia, the Pacific, and Africa.

Let's not conflate two topics:

1. Recommended vaccination programs -- That number is going through the roof. See here for the progression per the CDC recommended schedulehttp://avoiceforchoice.org/cdc-vaccine-schedule/:

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2. Mandatory vaccination programs

Mandatory vaccination programs, recently in the news here in the US , is a form of medical tyranny, i.e. you must take an injection in order to be allowed to be able to participate in daily life or keep your kids.

When it comes to scares, we have seen the movie before, Avian Flu, Swine Flu, etc,. The fear of a hypothetical pandemic as pretext to quarantine or immunize everyone.

One recent high profile example was Zika, which caused an uptick in abortions and reduction in birth rate due to panic about birth defects. It was much ado about nothing, e.g. as explained here by Dr Mercola.

The weaponization of viruses in the form of bioweapons is also something covered extensively by alternative media. For example, there are some who believe that HIV was one of those.

Free speech provides checks and balances against over-vaccinating, over-prescribing, and prematurely resorting to highly invasive medical procedures. It also lets someone investigate prevention strategies.
 
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Back to business.

Epik is working on some new marketing collateral to explain the vast technology that we have for powering digital presence. Would love some feedback on this design proof:

https://invis.io/PHRIEBJ2B5F

The sites highlighted are:

Epik.com

BitMitigate.com

Anonymize.com

We did just recently engage a consultant to help upgrade the design and UX for all of our sites. However, for those interested, I would welcome any input on positioning.

For those not aware, Epik is a technology company. We happen to operate a really good registrar, and we happen to protect lawful free speech. However, our day job is to enable fast, secure digital presences.
 
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No, I talk about different issues because those different issues are important.

I'm not "muddying things up". People have the capacity to think about 2 or 3 topics at once and to distinguish between the issues.

If I talk about registrar responsibilities and free speech and the Gab.com transfer, that is not a sleight-of-hand distraction to prevent others from noticing conspiracy theories, anti-muslim memes, or politics getting mixed up with registrar operations that ought to be neutral. All of these issues are entangled. And they're all germane to the subject of this thread. People should be able to see all of this at once without getting confused.



Some people are trying to make this more simplistic than it actually is.

First off, I wasn't talking about you. Just for your future reference, if I do, I'll quote or mention you.

And it is more simple than complicated. Multiple people have posted about that already.

Instead of making long-winded posts where you're basically just repeating yourself and bumping this thread, your time is probably better spent actually reading what you're attempting to respond to.

You posted you don't read the posts here, the Twitter account, the Gab account. Let's use an example.

I posted earlier about post count, somebody mentioned that post, you replied saying something along the lines of you not being sure that was accurate. You aren't sure because I guess you're lazy?

How much time would it take for you to read your business Twitter account?

As far as post count, watch how simple this is, click this link - https://gab.com/epik

See that number at the top above posts? It says 1779.
 
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As far as post count, watch how simple this is, click this link - https://gab.com/epik

See that number at the top above posts? It says 1779.

Your statement is a little disingenuous. Here's why. The vast majority of those posts were in the 2 months following Epik taking on Gab.com as a client. There is also @anonymize and @bitmitigate as handles at Gab.com. I don't manage either of those handles personally as they are managed by their respective product managers. At some point, I expect I will transition @EPIK to a product manager for Epik, just as I am largely inactive on Facebook and Twitter these days as we have a social media manager.

The purpose of being active at Gab in November-December 2018 was to propagate a culture of responsible free speech at a time when Gab management was overwhelmed. I do believe there has been a material shift at Gab in terms of the audience.The folks that remain at Gab may not be your personal cup of tea, but the community is now largely self-policing to root out misanthropes. The unrepentant champions of indiscriminate hate have lost their platform there. I would call that progress.

As for the content of those posts, there is no duplicity. The views projected in this specific thread about "Epik and Rob Monster" are in line with how I think and what I believe. By now it should be obvious that I am a "cards on the table" guy with relatively little patience for political correctness. I do periodically post at Gab in my own persona both as an advocate for lawful free speech but also to invite folks who are practicing lawful free speech to use our tools. That invitation is non-partisan.

All that said, I won't apologize for believing that lawful free speech is a good thing. I also do believe that Facebook, Medium, and Twitter have all become highly censorious and biased. I have experienced this first-hand which is why I find very little joy in using their products. I prefer unvarnished authenticity. Although there has been some revelation of my views, it should also be obvious that Epik is a company with compelling products, capable people, clear principles, and that we welcome all who are lawfully engaged.
 
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Your statement is a little disingenuous. Here's why. The vast majority of those posts were in the 2 months following Epik taking on Gab.com as a client. There is also @anonymize and @bitmitigate as handles at Gab.com. I don't manage either of those handles personally as they are managed by their respective product managers. At some point, I expect I will transition @EPIK to a product manager for Epik, just as I am largely inactive on Facebook and Twitter these days as we have a social media manager.

The purpose of being active at Gab in November-December 2018 was to propagate a culture of responsible free speech at a time when Gab management was overwhelmed. I do believe there has been a material shift at Gab in terms of the audience.The folks that remain at Gab may not be your personal cup of tea, but the community is now largely self-policing to root out misanthropes. The unrepentant champions of indiscriminate hate have lost their platform there. I would call that progress.

As for the content of those posts, there is no duplicity. The views projected in this specific thread about "Epik and Rob Monster" are in line with how I think and what I believe. By now it should be obvious that I am a "cards on the table" guy with relatively little patience for political correctness. I do periodically post at Gab in my own persona both as an advocate for lawful free speech but also to invite folks who are practicing lawful free speech to use our tools. That invitation is non-partisan.

All that said, I won't apologize for believing that lawful free speech is a good thing. I also do believe that Facebook, Medium, and Twitter have all become highly censorious and biased. I have experienced this first-hand which is why I find very little joy in using their products. I prefer unvarnished authenticity. Although there has been some revelation of my views, it should also be obvious that Epik is a company with compelling products, capable people, clear principles, and that we welcome all who are lawfully engaged.

It's not disingenuous at all, it's a simple metric, activity. You follow up saying you were very active. Yes, that's the point. Then you posted "@anonymize and @bitmitigate" I have no idea why, those have their own post counts, that's not included in yours.

Then you go on talking about free speech again, a topic nobody is disagreeing with you on. Not sure how many times that needs to be gone over.

I will point out tho one of the things you mention a lot is GoDaddy and how they enforced their TOS. Again, you do as well, with that Incel site I'm guessing and I'm sure other cases. Epik enforces their TOS, Gab enforces their TOS. Those same people you enforce your TOS against can complain about their free speech. I will say as far as GoDaddy, the only legit complaint was maybe the 1 day notice but I don't know the rules as far as that.
 
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It's not disingenuous at all, it's a simple metric, activity. You follow up saying you were very active. Yes, that's the point. Then you posted "@anonymize and @bitmitigate" I have no idea why, those have their own post counts, that's not included in yours.

Then you go on talking about free speech again, a topic nobody is disagreeing with you on. Not sure how many times that needs to be gone over.

So, now that I gave you context on why I was active and lately not so active at Gab.com, what's your complaint specifically that you felt compelled to post and then defend your post?
 
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So, now that I gave you context on why I was active and lately not so active at Gab.com, what's your complaint specifically that you felt compelled to post and then defend your post?

The first time I mentioned it was simply pointing out you were more active there, than here. That's it. You were obviously targetting that audience.

While you're here can you address this part:

"I will point out tho one of the things you mention a lot is GoDaddy and how they enforced their TOS. Again, you do as well, with that Incel site I'm guessing and I'm sure other cases. Epik enforces their TOS, Gab enforces their TOS. Those same people you enforce your TOS against can complain about their free speech. I will say as far as GoDaddy, the only legit complaint was maybe the 1 day notice but I don't know the rules as far as that."

Godaddy, Epik, Gab all enforce their TOS, correct?
 
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