2012-10-29
Reference
notes: highlight the pattern of cooperative/synced publications being used in a socialized manner for strategic damage to target
notes: highlight the profile and nature of work of the person being targeted
Event Description
Tangents
- valerie aurora, who founded the ada initiative, published on this in seeming synchronization with garrett
- ada initiative was disbanded in October of 2015 under dubious circumstances with alleged foul play
- valerie founded Double Union in 2013, but was banned from it for codifying exclusionary practices in 2018: https://archive.ph/20181015115819/https://blog.valerieaurora.org/2018/10/14/double-union-is-dead-long-live-double-union/#selection-241.0-241.790
- as early as 2013, Double Union was a revenge doxxing farm under veil of activist intent, which immediately caused project leaders to leave: https://web.archive.org/web/20161012212711/http://tensory.tumblr.com/post/61006173262/shaming-doxxing-and-making-culture
Valerie’s post:
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Some people argue that the principle of free speech requires us to allow people to say whatever they want in online communities, even if it is threatening, hateful, or discriminates against women and minorities. But as many have pointed out, freedom of speech does not mean freedom from the consequences of what you say.
Links of Note
- almost two years after the email argument, posts his 2012-10 hit piece at almost exactly the same time valerie aurora does
- garrett links to ada initiative in that hit piece, which was run by valerie aurora
Timeline
| Date | Event | URL |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | valerie aurora founds ada initiative | |
| 2011-02-02 | garrett argument with ted t'so that sparked the hit pieces | https://web.archive.org/web/20201021232820/http://www.codon.org.uk/~mjg59/ted_mail/0008.html |
| 2012-10-25 | 1 year and eight months later, valerie’s hit piece went up | https://web.archive.org/web/20151007090501/https://adainitiative.org/2012/10/25/open-source-software-open-to-all/ |
| 2012-10-29 | four days after that, garrett’s hit piece went up | |
| 2013-06 | 8 months later, aurora founds double union | |
| 2013-09-12 | 3 months later, tensory resigns from double union over doxxing farm | |
| 2015-10 | 13 months later, ada initiative is dissolved | |
| 2021-08-03 | valerie’s hit piece was deleted some time between 2015-10-07 and 2024-06-16, last capture is 2021-08-03 (appears to be deleted between August and September of 2021) - deletion could represent a strategy shift in 2021 to decentralization of desseminated content streams | |
| 2021-08-03 | marks just after the period of time that Freenode transitioned to Libera and was destroyed in the process |