I know why they did it. I’m just not going to be bullied by anti-social trolls who are here for the wrong reasons. And I’ll continue talking about typography because it’s fun and interesting. Thanks.

The thread was locked several hours ago because it was all just talking about talking, not talking about the actual topic. Unfortunately, several comments deliberately broke the Code of Conduct here and it seems like they were all from Hexbear users (which is something I had never heard of, I guess it’s an instance where there’s no expectation to be civil and maybe anti-social behavior is explicitly rewarded?).

Where did I post anything angry?

You’re gonna get me in trouble!

Who wrote this?

I have heard for years and years that “the other parts of 4chan” than /b are good, but I’ve never seen it myself.

???

How is this a meme?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tankie

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=tankie&ia=web

I thought it was pretty obvious, since there is so little actual content in the post, but I guess you’re right. Thanks.

With whom did he share these documents?

It was wrong and it should be not wrong. Odd that that is a controversial statement and that you used Reddit-level reasoning about a dissertation when someone just wants others to not spread untruths.

He also was not sentenced. This post is misinformation.

I am genuinely disappointed that on an ostensibly science-related message board I see comments along the lines “this isn’t actually true, but it kinda-sorta is, therefore, inaccurate claims somehow aren’t misinformation”. If all kinds of counter-factual things were true, then all kinds of things would be true: what is the point of this hand-waving to defend something that is riddled with untruths? Also, with whom did he purportedly share these documents? In 22 words, this person got no fewer than two things wrong and you are carrying water for what reason?

So?

It is not true that he was sentenced to 35 years in prison by US authorities for transferring and sharing scientific articles from JSTOR. It is true that he killed himself.

It makes two claims and he did commit suicide. Also, my keyboard is broken. :/

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Please don’t spread misinformation.

Edit: Why is anyone downvoting this? The text is inaccurate and should not be posted.

No one said that it is all like that, but enough of /b/ is so gross as to taint the reputation of the entire site. Allowing some of the stuff that is on there is enough guilt by association, even if some of the other boards have better discourse.

There are already comments claiming this, thanks.