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Replying to spammers. I'm not hopping for much...

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@sigmasternchen spammers deserve to be publically doxed
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@sigmasternchen if you know a better way to make spammers stop spamming, let me know then.
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@getimiskon@fedi.getimiskon.xyz I don't know a better way - and I don't think doxing works in this case either.

But that's not the point. For me this is about morality. I think vigilantism is morally wrong. So I'm not going to do it. Period.

If I had enough information to really do damage to them by doxing, I'd rather give the information to the police. I know a lot of people here don't like the police - which is understandable to some degree. But I support democracy, which inherently only works with some sort of executive power.

If you don't agree with me, that's fine. That's just my opinion after all.

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@sigmasternchen it depends on how much you trust the police. And i generally don't trust them.
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@getimiskon@fedi.getimiskon.xyz Totally fair. But I’m opposed to skipping the democratic process. Being jury, judge and executioner (especially when you are not even appointed by the people) - being a vigilante - is about the most undemocratic thing you can do.

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@sigmasternchen yeah, in a democratic state, skipping the democratic process is a bad idea. But not everyone lives in a democratic state, you know. And when you live under that situation, being a vigilante can be your only option. Of course, it comes with its consequences. We can't disagree on that.
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@getimiskon@fedi.getimiskon.xyz Fair. Maybe I should have been a bit more precise: For me, in my situation, vigilantism is immoral. And oft course, that's because of my personal moral system, and my personal thoughts on politics. So it might be different for others.
For example, somebody who is into anarchism might disagree strongly with my point of view - and that's fine.

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@sigmasternchen yeah, that makes sense. Personally i think vigilantism is more of a desperate move to bring some change in a bad situation as quickly as possible, that wouldn't have been done otherwise. Not that it's the best way to do things, of course.
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@sigmasternchen Generally, you don't want to mark your address as active by interacting with spam (the links and body are usually keyed to you). In this case they freshly grabbed them from Gravatar, so that doesn't matter. Getting angry doesn't bother them normally though.
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@Nicro@fedi.absturztau.be Yeah true. I'm going to throw away that email address anyway, otherwise I might not have done it.

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