(01-02-2025, 05:26 AM)BananaBlast wrote: I'm pretty sure the Byuu situation (that SNES emulation developer who committed suicide and blamed KF) was something like that.
he said "I'll pay you thousands of dollars to take down my thread or else I'll kill myself," how is that fair or reasonable? I think it's even illegal, a form of extortion? the thread was also a complete dud, with one idiot ranting about the guy and everyone else saying actually he seems chill and has made cool emulation stuff, it was practically nothing
is that really all it takes to make a person or site terrible? can I get whatever I want from you if I just threaten to kill myself? would resetera be as bad as kiwi if someone said "make nepenthe resign or I kill myself" and they refused? would twitter be as bad as kiwi if someone said "make musk resign or I kill myself" and they refused?
if it's the laughing about it that's bad, what do you say about the glee surrounding brian thompson's death?
Quote:the fact they were all mocking the suicide immediately and then denying that the person had actually died, even years later, means that there's no shred of empathy there.
claims that he was not dead were based on (lack of) evidence, japan files reports on foreigners who die within the country and he was never on the list, which was legitimately worth considering in this case