• shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works
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    There used to be a really niche version of this idea back in the day created by _why the lucky stiff in the ruby programming community. It was called hoodwink’d, at the time it felt like the way of the future, like a mobile underground peanut gallery. _why was doxxed and nuked his online presence before it ever took off

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        His identity was sort of an open secret in the community, he was a whimsical creative brilliant madman that was very well known, people were curious. Check out Why’s Poignant guide to Ruby for a glimpse and some foxes

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          Why’s Poignant guide to Ruby for a glimpse, wow very interesting…

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        there’s a more or less unspeakable amount of money riding on businesses’ ability to control the narrative around themselves. this applies to small businesses and big ones alike, and a service like this would be a target for corporations all over the world. a dox isn’t a large lift.