Hacker News Reader

Comment by 58028641 | Hacker News Reader

Read this Twitter thread from one of Kiwi Farms’ victims. https://mobile.twitter.com/near_koukai/status/14089868397430...

View on HN

Isn't that the guy who faked his own death or something? Pretty sure he was a member of KF and participated in his own thread, a thread that wasn't active for like a half a year before any of this. Did he post any proof that it was KF or examples? Or was it simply assumed like so many other cases?

As said before.. Trolling or harassing isn't allowed. ("look don't touch")

No, they did not fake their own death. This is trivially verifiable with a quick search.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/07/23/how-toxic-onl...

Just so people reading this are aware, it's a clear lie that that person "faked his own death or something". As has been posted in another comment, their employer confirmed the death: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/07/23/how-toxic-onli....

I only state it again because this user is spreading deliberate misinformation all over the thread.

A former employer is clearly the most official and important source for these sorts of things. Man do I look stupid.

It's funny how nobody can actually come up with a media report or and actual death registered by japanese officials.. (Yes the japanese and US government track this kind of stuff and even release official reports.. but guess what's missing from the entire quarter in which near is said to have died)

Reply on news.ycombinator.com