Calling out "Adam Howard" aka "Linux is best", a person or group of persons creating, rotating and constantly running more than 20 Fediverse accounts in parallel, to get away with concern trolling and spreading defamation.
Their specialty is denouncing #GazaVerified, a verification initiative that was founded to give #Palestinians in #Gaza a voice.
"Adam Howard" / "Linux is best" is continuously trying to sabotage any donations to people in dire need, by slandering them as a fraud, wherever possible.
Please report the respective posts to your instance admins, and have your reports forwarded to the instances that harbor the accounts of this scum. IMO, a #fediblock is overdue.
Boosts of this post very much welcome.
// CC @aral
Gaza Verified
We’ve personally had video conversations on Signal with the people from Gaza whose Mastodon accounts on the fediverse are listed here and we verify that their accounts are genuine. – Joy & Aral Balkangaza-verified.org
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katzenberger
in reply to katzenberger • • •[Updated whenever I learn more; some of these may already be suspended]
A list of sample accounts (@ put between dashes):
Adam_Howard-@-planet.moe
Linux-@-kokonect.link
Linux-@-masto.ai
Linux-@-mastodon.au
Linux-@-mastodon.com.pl
Linux-@-mastodon.de
Linux-@-mastodon.frl
Linux-@-misskey.ranranhome.info
Linux-@-mivatter.com
Linux-@-mk.absturztau.be
Linux-@-mstdn.ca
Linux-@-ohai.social
Linux-@-planet.moe
Linux-@-rebel.ar
Linux-@-social.tchncs.de
Linux-@-yodangang.express
LinuxBSD-@-mastodon.nu
LinuxBSD-@-piaille.fr
Linux_Is_Awesome-@-mastodon.social
Linux_Is_Best-@-c.im
Linux_Is_Best-@-firefish.social
Linux_Is_Best-@-kokonect.link
Linux_Is_Best-@-misskey.de
Linux_Is_Best-@-mk.absturztau.be
Linux_Is_Best-@-mstdn.jp
Linux_Is_Best-@-sakurajima.social
Linux_Is_Best-@-woem.men
NetscapeNavigator-@-vivaldi.net
Tempest-@-burningboard.net
linux-@-s.cafe
katzenberger
in reply to katzenberger • • •Thank you to two people (you know who you are) for privately asking me whether it is a good idea to call "Adam Howard" / "Linux is Best" scum.
My reply is that I chose the word deliberately.
As one of many potential hints, here they are talking about #Palestinians in #Gaza, people living in emergency tents, in a place where diseases are spreading, where prices of food and medicine are soaring and they can't provide their families with the most basic necessities.
Again: Report such posts, please, and forward your reports to the instances hosting the accounts of this scum.
katzenberger
in reply to katzenberger • • •[Update 2: the "project" on Codeberg has been removed tldr.nettime.org/@katzenberger…]
[Update: the issue on Codeberg has been closed, requesting it should rather be reported using the lenght-limited report facility on the respective project page. This request has been followed, linking back to the context available in the (longer) text. Will report on potential results.]
Also re. "scum":
This is how they are promoting a complete list of all gaza-verified Palestinian accounts, encouraging people to block those they denounce as "scammers". Among other places, they're trying to misuse Codeberg as their file hosting site for their vile efforts.
Codeberg is run by very reasonable ppl with their hearts in the right place, so if you have an account there, you may wish to support this issue calling for a removal of this "project".
Please be respectful and express your support, Codeberg has been misused here, like the Fediverse.
@aral
katzenberger (@katzenberger@tldr.nettime.org)
katzenberger (tldr.nettime)Aral Balkan
in reply to katzenberger • • •Do we know who exactly this LinuxIsBest person is and where they are based?
If so, I want to explore jurisdiction for a possible libel case.
You can’t just go around calling something a scam when it isn’t. It would be worthwhile to explore what we can do about that.
Aral Balkan reshared this.
katzenberger
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to katzenberger • • •katzenberger
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to katzenberger • • •Layan🍉ayoub🇵🇸
in reply to katzenberger • • •Thank you to @aral his team, and all the supporters of Gaza.
Kotes
in reply to Layan🍉ayoub🇵🇸 • • •Hey Mr. Aral, I really appreciate your team providing me with the opportunity to connect with each individual in Gaza.
Each person has different types of problems, and they must not be treated as one.
Aral Balkan
in reply to Kotes • • •Aral Balkan
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