[Meme] We're Far From Done Writing About Free Software-Hostile Militants Who Attacked Techrights in IRC (and Beyond) for Years
- Dr. Roy Schestowitz
- 2023-09-16 01:19:29 UTC
- Modified: 2023-09-16 01:22:15 UTC
Summary: It has been a while since we last wrote about criminals with ties to Microsoft vandalising our IRC network and spreading defamatory material all around the Web (including impersonation, resulting in many account terminations and bans). We plan to spread out the coverage and it'll last until next year.
Recent Techrights' Posts
- You Can Be an A--hole to Women (Even Strangle Women) as Long as You Work for Microsoft
- Recalling the Mark Shuttleworth origin story
- Walmart Vizio TVs Scream At Immigrants to Leave America
- Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer
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- People Are Sick of LLM Slop. Offer Them Alternatives.
- We never used LLM slop for anything and we never will
- Web Surveyor statCounter Sees Apple's macOS Falling From 5.6% to 3.6% in Two Months, It Might Soon be Smaller Than GNU/Linux
- Apple's "value" (faked, exaggerated) is back to "pandemic times"
- UK House of Lords Recognises the SLAPP Issue in the UK and EFF Pursues "Bill (That) Could Put A Stop To Censorship By Lawsuit" in the US
- "A House of Lords inquiry into how the news industry can survive into the future has accused the government of “failing to prioritise” action on strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPPs)."
- Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: Seeking Class Action Against the OSI
- "LETTER SEEKING CLASS ACTION REPRESENTATION"
- The Value of Slop, by Alexandre Oliva
- Original by Alexandre Oliva
- Gemini Links 09/04/2025: Neocities, Tinylogs, and Inter-community Protocols
- Links for the day
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, April 08, 2025
- IRC logs for Tuesday, April 08, 2025
- Canonical is a Proprietary Software Reseller With a 'Debian Base'
- "Canonical Ubuntu" is just Debian with some proprietary things sold on top of it
- statCounter Sees Microsoft Bing at Lowest Level Since Last Summer
- Since 2023 Bing has repeatedly had layoffs
- Nearly 5,000 Microsoft Layoffs Disclosed on Week of Microsoft 'Anniversary' (Media Noise), The HR Digest Says More Layoffs Coming
- more "Microsoft layoffs on the horizon"
- Windows "Market Share" Down to 1% in Sudan, Based on statCounter
- Among those 1% who use Windows to access the Web fewer than 30% are on Vista 11
- People Who Facilitate Truth Will Always Win at the End
- "Just always stick to the truth"
- Slopwatch: LinuxTechLab, linuxsecurity.com, "Cyber Security News" and More LLM Slopfarms
- So the Web has this bunch of slopfarms pretending to "cover" GNU/Linux
- Links 08/04/2025: More Mass Layoffs Expected at Microsoft (Gaming), Fentanylware (TikTok) Unsold
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 08/04/2025: "Shared Ownership" and Rant About Scrapers
- Links for the day
- Links 08/04/2025: Microsoft Shrinking, Oracle's Clown Computing Cracked
- Links for the day
- Stolen Credit Card and LinkedIn. DHS Spies on Immigrant Social Media.
- Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer
- How Corporations Such as Microsoft Try to Crush Critics and Dissolve Activism
- Stay focused
- Wikipedia Can Lower Its Hosting Bill by Going More Static, Not Just by Caching, But It Would Not Solve Its Biggest Problems (Bribes and AstroTurfing)
- For about 15 years we had a Wiki in this site
- At 50, Microsoft Has Over 100 Billion Dollars in Debt and Less Than 25% "Market Share" (Windows)
- statCounter basically sees less than a quarter of Web requests coming from Windows
- linuxhint.com Died 12 Months Ago (After Adopting Image Slop)
- Zombie sites
- LLM Slop Will Eventually Stop Due to High Costs, Worse Training Sets (Polluted Models Ingesting Their Own Junk), and No Real Returns
- This too shall pass
- Urgent Need for SLAPP Litigation Transparency
- Microsofters really want to shut us up
- Courage is Contagious
- I became a witness to acts of great courage from EPO examiners
- On Shutdowns and 2,000 More Layoffs at Microsoft (10,000 Microsoft Staff May Have Already Been Laid Off in 2025)
- Microsoft tries to hide and belittle mass layoffs; its data centre business also flounders, so it issues puff pieces about some anniversary over and over again
- Gemini Links 08/04/2025: Gabbro 0.1.4 and Disillusioned With Social Control Media
- Links for the day
- Microsoft Windows in Jordan: From 99% Down to 10%
- This is becoming more "normal"
- Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: A "Deep Dive" Into the Complaint at the California Privacy Protection Agency
- There are many facets to it and it may be the first complaint of several
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Monday, April 07, 2025
- IRC logs for Monday, April 07, 2025
- Gemini Links 07/04/2025: Stock Market, Galène, and DMT Entities
- Links for the day
- During the Weekend We Said Fedora DEI Requires Proprietary Software, Now the Chat About It Is No Longer Accessible Over the Open Web
- is this just a coincidence and an habitual change in Element?
- Microsoft Problems in Europe Even Before the Cheeto Tariffs
- The case of Romania, Europe's notorious Microsoft fan
- Oman in 2025: GNU/Linux Growing to 5%
- what can Microsoft do about it except sabotage the PCs?
- Links 07/04/2025: US Measles Fatalities and China Launches HDMI and DisplayPort Alternative
- Links for the day
- Links 07/04/2025: More Cuts to Science Funding, Snail-speed Internet in Germany
- Links for the day
- Gemini Links 07/04/2025: Leasehold and Safe Gifts
- Links for the day
- Microsoft Shares Collapse Again (Down $101), Fifth Round of Microsoft Mass Layoffs in Less Than 100 Days in 2025
- disaster
- In Some Countries, Laptops and Desktops Become a Dying Breed (Even Before Tariffs), Windows Has Nowhere to Go
- expect more GNU/Linux on new and existing laptops
- When the Credibility or 'Quality' of Clients Ceases to Matter, It's About Helping Rich Companies Like Microsoft Censor Critics (No Matter the Risks)
- Bad ideas typically result in undesirable outcomes
- UAE: GNU/Linux and Android at Record Levels, Windows at New Lows and Falling Below Apple
- Even iOS is measured as bigger than Windows this month
- Links 07/04/2025: Reddit Occupied (Social Control Media Controlled by Oligarchy), Demise of Globalisation Ongoing
- Links for the day
- Windows Has Fallen to All-Time Lows in Switzerland Since GNU Celebrated 40th Anniversary (GNU’s 40th Birthday in Biel, Switzerland)
- GNU/Linux has been doing well in Switzerland
- Over at Tux Machines...
- GNU/Linux news for the past day
- IRC Proceedings: Sunday, April 06, 2025
- IRC logs for Sunday, April 06, 2025
- Links 07/04/2025: Leaving Gemini/smolweb and Mastodon Migrations
- Links for the day
