• junar 20 hours ago
    • selridge 19 hours ago

      He figured it out and got out. More than can be said for some.

      • r721 a day ago

        Article:

        >Death of Fredrick Brennan, creator of 8chan forum where QAnon emerged

        https://www.lemonde.fr/en/pixels/article/2026/02/23/death-of...

        (Archived: https://archive.is/cbl3z)

        • cookiengineer 17 hours ago

          My favorite quote of him that hits me every time I think of it:

          "On the internet, it doesn't matter who you are or where you came from. Everyone is the same behind the keyboard."

          (2014 Digital Amnesia documentary by VPRO)

          Rest in peace, old friend.

          • toomuchtodo 21 hours ago
            • zenon_paradox a day ago

              [dead]

              • NeckBeardPrince a day ago

                Okay

                • unconed 21 hours ago

                  >He died in his sleep last month

                  Title is misleading.

                  >Wizardchan, a smaller and misogynistic forum for male virgins

                  I see the media has learned exactly nothing since the days any of this was relevant. Just apply the usual adjectives until consensus is achieved.

                  There's nothing more credible than sockpuppetting a dead person to renounce anything related, amirite?

                  • pavel_lishin 20 hours ago

                    > > He died in his sleep last month

                    > Title is misleading.

                    So enlighten us.

                    • cookiengineer 17 hours ago

                      The person this thread is about publicly outspoke and critized Watkins, 8chan and other forums that promote hate speech. Multiple times, in newspapers and documentaries about the topic(s).

                      He went in business with the wrong people, and they followed him years after that, with bogus lawsuits, showing up at his door step to intimidate him, threats etc.

                      Personally, I wanted to say that he was a person that strongly believed in the idea of open debate and cultural exchange. So much so that it was too late for him to see what the Watkins family and their qanon/pol/whatever movement were planning to do with his boards.

                      • unconed 20 hours ago

                        The news article isn't an obituary, it's gravedancing. Hope that enlightened your royal majesty.