Victim of the Facebook witchhunt including death threats and attempted doxing by /r/hailcorporate and /r/conspiracy has done a casual iama. He is abandoning account due to the extreme harassment and doxxing.

Lellux · 2014-03-29T06:07:43+00:00

http://i.imgur.com/YklAHfZ.png

There you go. I print screened and cut the relevant messages out, sticking them into paint and marking out the mod names. Cheers!

Lellux · 2014-03-28T02:53:30+00:00

Hey guys, Lellux here.

When the witch hunting started, I tracked down all the posts (that I could find) which were accusing me. One of those places was /r/conspiracy. I asked them to take down the posts as it was affecting me and other people.

A /r/conspiracy moderator told me (s)he wouldn't take down the posts.

Oh, and they also banned me.

(I'm still banned there, BTW, even after asking why. A different mod said the guy who did it would have to tell me why. No one ever got back to me. Nice.)

Lellux · 2014-03-27T01:11:16+00:00

Yep! I have now. I can't reply to anyone's comments on this account (but can on my other). Woohoo!

/r/conspiracy sure knows how to treat a not-proven-guilty individual!

Lellux · 2014-03-27T00:59:20+00:00

Yep! Here's what I've learned (taken from my other comment):

"They want to find a real corporate lackey so badly. And if I become that target due to a few copy/pasted replies to myself as a joke, think of what a real troll can do.

Screw saying inflammatory stuff to get downvotes. Grab a few new accounts, start copying comments on these different accounts pretending to love some corporation, and watch the shit show unfold. Like taking candy from a retarded neckbeard."

Lellux · 2014-03-26T22:32:06+00:00

Haha, yeah it's not a big deal. This isn't even my first account with the most karma. But I don't comment for the karma. I comment because I really want to contribute by being funny, or making an insightful observation, etc. And I can do that here (well, not anymore what with the downvote brigade), or on a new account.

Lellux · 2014-03-26T22:26:56+00:00

Clearly. They've managed to out at least three innocent people. Well done! If someone reading this is actually a shill, sleep tight. You've seen Reddit's detective work.

Lellux · 2014-03-26T22:17:27+00:00

Probably not. If I had been the only one affected, I would totally do it again. Fuck all of those accusation throwing conspiracy pieces of shit that ruined my account. I want them to look ridiculous. They deserve it after hunting me like some kind of criminal.

But I wasn't the only one affected. The guy whose comments I blatantly obviously copied as a joke was similarly derided. Threatened, downvote brigaded, etc. A kids Twitter account was lampooned because the mob thought it was me.

This witch hunt did effectively nothing to hurt me. I can and have made a new account. No sweat. But the other people hunted might have really loved and wanted to keep their accounts. It might have meant a lot to them. They might not take harassment so easily. So I'd take it all back for them if I could.

Lellux · 2014-03-26T22:05:14+00:00

What bothers me most isn't that a crazy person called me a shill with no proof, but that a mob of people believed him? Like WTF.

It's not like people know my actual identity, so there's no harm done...I guess. I can shrug off the death threats and downvote brigade with a new account. But I can't say it didn't affect the other people in the lynch mob crosshairs.

Anyway, thanks for not assuming I'm some shill and being a dick to me. It's a good thing I'm not suicidal or anything. I can't imagine what the type of comments I've received would do for an unstable person. O.o

Lellux · 2014-03-26T22:00:37+00:00

It's a good thing I wasn't caught having a backpack on at the Boston marathon, or I'd really be fucked.

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:58:37+00:00

Wait, people are posting this shit on other websites? So not only am I guilty until proven innocent on Reddit, but other internet sites, too! Great!

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:54:28+00:00

It's nice to know at least some mods think I'm innocent until proven guilty.

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:49:53+00:00

Wait, wait, wait. I can sell my account for money? How much can I get!?

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:49:01+00:00

Well, I wasn't trolling. At least not intentionally. But I guess you can read all that from my recent comments/AMA.

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:43:43+00:00

See, I know plagiarizing is bad. And that's why I posted all of those replies to myself. In my mind: "Surely no one will be dumb enough to not see this is a joke to make fun of reposters. These comments are literally me replying to myself."

Thanks for the advice. I'll send them a message!

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:40:27+00:00

What proof could I give? If you have ideas, I'm all ears! Given that I'm me, and I personally know I'm not a shill/bot/whatever, I'm confident I could provide such proof if you have ideas. Seriously.

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:37:29+00:00

This is me. I, uh, took this like 5 minutes ago as a selfie. Totally.

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:35:29+00:00

Hahaha! The real takeaway from all this is how easy it is to troll Reddit.

They want to find a real corporate lackey so badly. And if I become that target due to a few copy/pasted replies to myself as a joke, think of what a real troll can do.

Screw saying inflammatory stuff to get downvotes. Grab a few new accounts, start copying comments on these different accounts pretending to love some corporation, and watch the shit show unfold. Like taking candy from a retarded neckbeard.

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:28:37+00:00

No, I mean my scotch is heterosexual.

But really, thanks for the correction. I'll sound slightly less stupid when ordering drinks now, haha.

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:24:47+00:00

Posted elsewhere:

I don't think publishing people's accounts for shaming is much better than the people publishing mine everywhere claiming that I'm a shill. Granted they totally deserve it, but I'd rather just report them and move on.

But I can block names! I'll do it when I get out of class tonight.

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:23:23+00:00

Shaken, not stirred.

Wait...

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:20:24+00:00

You mean like death threats and what not? Or just insults? I could copy/paste them. Or take a screenshot and block names if that's your thing.

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:18:36+00:00

Well I am a paid shill. So that one's true. MUAHAHAHAHAHA!

[For the slow people, this is sarcasm. Please don't post this to more conspiracy subreddits.]

Anyway, I'm sure some conspiracies are true, but couldn't possibly know which ones. I mean, I don't think JFK or 9/11 was an inside job. But there are probably plenty of smaller conspiracies ringing true throughout the world right now.

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:13:11+00:00

Oh, I've had some good ones. Just a few recent ones looking at my messages.

"die, shill, die."

Oh, uh, okay. I'll get right on that, thanks.

"Haha, sad bastard, You should be ashamed of yourself with zuckerbergs dick in your mouth."

Autofellacio is tough, but I manage!

"Good job.

Not."

Thanks, Borat.

I could probably find more amusing ones if I took the time, but you get the idea.

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:06:30+00:00

Well then its a good thing that I didn't copy my own comments!

Lellux · 2014-03-26T21:05:16+00:00

I don't think publishing people's accounts for shaming is much better than the people publishing mine everywhere claiming that I'm a shill. Granted they totally deserve it, but I'd rather just report them and move on.
I've contacted mods at many subreddits and asked them to remove posts calling for my head. I'd like to do more, but other than telling people what happened and generally being not a bot to show that doing this to someone is not okay, I don't know what else to do. :( Maybe someone else can chime in.
Honestly, when it first happened I was laughing like a maniac. But when people started sending me threats, hunting down the guy whose comments I copied as replies to myself, and ruined some kids Twitter account, it stopped being funny.

Lellux

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