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I didn't know, thanks for letting me know. I frankly do not care though, in the exact same way that I do not care that Lemmy is made by tankies.
The interesting bit would be how people with these extreme agencies abuse these tools or their users to further their goals.
As I see it, both cases are questionable people providing useful tools free for me to use. Wether I use these tools or not, has what impact in regards to their agenda? I certainly would not like to be a pawn in their game, or support their cause without consent.
If you think that's what happens, please show me. That would be very interesting to know and might lead to me ceasing usage / recommendation.
Lemmy devs may have controversal political views, but their software is written with a good intention. KiwiFarms on the other hand use it to target instances.
I just see no reason to use a tool made by controversial people with awful intention if there's a good alternative with no such controversies. But you can decide for yourself, I just wanted to inform.
Not just that, in all interactions with them, I've never found the devs to be anything but respectful.
Well, that is partially because they leave the less respectful interactions to their alt-accounts ;)
But yes, the software is written with good intentions.
True!
I haven't heard of them. What are they about?
Seems like a forum with a focus on targeted trolling and harassment. There's a wiki page on them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiwi_Farms
Oh I think Danny Brown mentioned this on one of his podcasts. Thanks.
I'm not sure how the developer's intention or leaning affects me. Or how my usage or non-usage affects their intention or leaning, or how they can act on it. Maybe my usage provides data for them to improve their tools? But since the tools themselves are agnostic, I'm not sure how that's a bad thing either.
Strictly speaking about functionality, I saw no alternative which is on par to the .agency tool. It has more features, is faster, provides more information and causes less strain on network servers. At least that's my quick impression.
Anyways, thanks for the conversation!
Let's go even further than that. Let's say that the most annoying people around the whole Fediverse are Hexbear. On the worst days, all they do is to organize to spam specific threads, which is indeed annoying, but that's the extent of it. KiwiFarms is responsible for harassing people until they commit suicide for the heinous crime of being weird. Anyone aware of this who wants to associate with them has no place in civilized society.