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8chan owner says El Paso shooter didn't post manifesto
cnet ^ | 8/6/19

Posted on 08/06/2019 12:43:48 PM PDT by mathprof

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To: mathprof

Notice how the MSM suddenly jumps into investigative mode when the story doesn’t suit their narrative.


21 posted on 08/06/2019 1:43:35 PM PDT by Gideon7
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To: Red Badger

8chan: Cut from Cloudfare
Reddit /r/The Donald: Quarantined
VOAT: Goes offline
FB/YT/Twitter: Censoring, banning and shadow banning conservatives

FR will be targeted at some point.

This is a fight for free speech.


22 posted on 08/06/2019 1:45:56 PM PDT by maggief
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To: maggief

Yep been going on since the internet was invented by ben franklin. Constant battle.


23 posted on 08/06/2019 1:47:07 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (Even bad men love their memes.)
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To: mathprof; BlackJack; haffast

Hmmmmmmm...

An anonymous user of 8Chan is doing research and comes upon an Instagram post. Anon finds it noteable and loads it to 8Chan.

There must be some kind of pattern for research over on 8Chan. Like, a hive mind or something.

And, you know what else? A lot of knowledge disseminated by the GOV and the media is utterly dependent on the Anons at 8Chan.


24 posted on 08/06/2019 2:08:15 PM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (PAY ATTENTION IN CLASS!!!!!)
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To: rigelkentaurus

I know nothing of 8Chan. But if I was forced to pick who is more credible, Fakebook or 8Chan, 8Chan wins by default.

_________________________________________

8chan is fighting for its life. They just lost their cloud provider yesterday.

8chan would naturally say whatever it takes to take the heat off their situation.


25 posted on 08/06/2019 2:16:41 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: maggief; All; Jim Robinson

Current IP addresses of FR and other important sites should always be posted. Suggest it as a feature of FR and other sites.

FR: 209.157.64.200


26 posted on 08/06/2019 2:18:33 PM PDT by old-ager
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To: Responsibility2nd

> pick who is more credible, Fakebook or 8Chan, 8Chan wins by default.

Correct. But you have to filter the content yourself.

Laziness of wanting it pre-digested is how we end up with establishment, lying, deep-state media.


27 posted on 08/06/2019 2:19:53 PM PDT by old-ager
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To: CJ Wolf

you meant to say, “the internet was invented by AL GORE. Give credit where credit is due. lolz


28 posted on 08/06/2019 2:21:20 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
An anonymous user of 8Chan is doing research and comes upon an Instagram post. Anon finds it noteable and loads it to 8Chan.

Annnddd... this anonymous user posts it right before the shooting takes place.

Coincidence? I don't think so. Either the shooter posted it - and 8chan is lying - or there is someone else who knew this massacre was going down.

 

29 posted on 08/06/2019 2:24:50 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel
The El Paso Shooting and the Gamification of Terror

This links to an archive of the relevant 8chan /pol/ posts

Easy enough to understand, no need to explain, but pretty convincing that UID 58820b posted these two files, with some remarks ...

The second smaller file is "the manifesto."
30 posted on 08/06/2019 2:25:15 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Adding what should be an obvious point. The same person could have uploaded the same file to Instagram any time after the file was completed. In other words, its possible the manifesto did appear an Instagram before it appeared on 8chan.


31 posted on 08/06/2019 2:27:27 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: old-ager

Not wrong old-ager. I got it written down some where too.


32 posted on 08/06/2019 2:27:32 PM PDT by CJ Wolf (Even bad men love their memes.)
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To: mathprof

The one thing I noticed is that the original link to the manifesto was a .jpg of a photo of four printed pages, which is quite an unusual way to publish something.

It is a format that works on Instagram, though.

You can post pictures on 8ch too, but you can also post straight text. And 8ch pictures don’t show up “inline” you have to click on them, so it would be a strange choice to post something you wanted read in that format on 8ch, but the best choice for posting it on Instagram.


33 posted on 08/06/2019 2:34:37 PM PDT by Jack Black ("If you believe in things that you don't understand then you suffer" - "Superstition",Stevie Wonder)
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To: old-ager
That IP addy does you no good if FR has to relocate to another provider.

8chan has been on 3 different IPs since Sunday.

One for cloudflare, which cloudflare terminated.
One for bitmitigate/Voxility, which voxility terminated.
Its current location, which is presently read-only

34 posted on 08/06/2019 2:35:44 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Responsibility2nd

And primary suspect would be Anon user who posted it to 8 Chan. Probably sent text from shooter. Post this for me as a Anon right now.


35 posted on 08/06/2019 2:41:15 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Levy78

Why don’t they just ask the guy?


36 posted on 08/06/2019 2:57:13 PM PDT by sanjuanbob
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To: Hostage; bagster
Interesting theory.

It sure seems like 8ch was set up and knocked down like a bowling pin by somebody.

If the owner's claims are true his business was destroyed over fake news. Personally, I believe him, that the guy who posted it wasn't the shooter.

We may be seeing the start of narrative collapse.

37 posted on 08/06/2019 2:58:44 PM PDT by Jack Black ("If you believe in things that you don't understand then you suffer" - "Superstition",Stevie Wonder)
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To: CJ Wolf; All

Also buy some thumb drives and print out key info.


38 posted on 08/06/2019 3:03:27 PM PDT by old-ager
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To: libstripper

Wouldn’t surprise me if iIS exactly as you posted


39 posted on 08/06/2019 3:23:37 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Liberals, leftists, Rinos, moslems, illegals, lamestream media. All want America to fail and die)
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To: Responsibility2nd
8chan would naturally say whatever it takes to take the heat off their situation.

I still don't understand why 8chan would have a "situation". An anonymous posting on a web site? Big deal. Why shut down a site just because someone posted on it? I'm sure Charles Manson once ate at a McDonalds. Should that shut them down? Newspapers published the Unabomber manifesto. Makes no sense to me why 8chan would be responsible for anything.

40 posted on 08/06/2019 3:39:37 PM PDT by AmusedBystander (The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next)
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