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[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 139 points 15 hours ago (12 children)

I looked at some of the leaked source code and my god the code smells are so rotten its like they had a dead horse in the back for a while and its developed a stank like an Eric Andre skit.

It increasingly looks like nobody would maintain this bundle of wax besides under-experienced juniors who threw themselves at it, and apparently after moot sold it, it was never touched. It runs on an extremely old version of FreeBSD and PHP.

The fact this happened now as opposed to any time in the past decade is, I have no words.

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 16 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

I looked at some of the leaked source code

Where? I'd be interested in looking through it too

[–] desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 hours ago

check some of the other chans and you will find a catbox.moe link to it.

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[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 105 points 15 hours ago (5 children)
[–] dentoid@sopuli.xyz 47 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Now thats a meme i havent seen in 20 years

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 22 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

It's an older meme sir, but it checks out.

[–] Tum@lemmy.world 17 points 14 hours ago (5 children)

Boxxy must be what...40 now?

[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 hours ago

I still would

[–] mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

34 or 35, I think. I remember learning that she was around my age.

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[–] briever@lemmy.world 17 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe they could do the world a favour and delete it - along with the backups.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (2 children)

10000 line file with no comments is honestly relatable as someone who took a job and had to wade through code like that

[–] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago
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[–] gargolito@lemm.ee 51 points 16 hours ago (4 children)

Is q-anon Elon Musk? What? I'm just asking questions.

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 18 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

What happened to that shit? I hate how something like that can emerge, take hold, push people into conspiracies and the right, literally destroy families, then go away and nobody cares

[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

furthermore, it's reinterpreted as a false flag or something that never really happened - there is never accountability

ContraPoints did an excellent video on conspiracy theories recently: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teqkK0RLNkI

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 36 points 16 hours ago

You should check out the HBO documentary on Qanon. It's fantastic. Essentially, no. However, I don't doubt for a second that Elon didn't try to co-opt it at some point.

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[–] raod_guitar@feddit.org 170 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Not the type of hacktivism we need but the one we deserve.

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[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 105 points 18 hours ago (7 children)

What's the point? 4chan seems like such a low value target.

[–] witnessbolt@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago

The Elon thing is possible, and there's a screenshot in the Reddit thread that's kinda convincing, but I'm still not bought in.

Tinfoil hat brain is wondering if there's something in there someone's supposed to find but 😂 🤷🏻

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 26 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

i'm fairly certain there are more than likely a LOT of politicians on there with very questionable posting records who would probably be on a sex offender registry if it got out.

[–] CallateCoyote@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

If they're Republican it won't matter.

[–] harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 hours ago

Badge of Honor for them, probably.

[–] NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 120 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

A bunch of chuds got angry that they were banned because they went brigading against LGBTQ+ folk.

This was the end result

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[–] johncandy1812@lemmy.ca 47 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

By my understanding, 4chan left themselves vulnerable which, given the circles they foster, means they were going to be compromised. No fear of reprisal or consequence for it either. Not like when attacking a major corporation or government.

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[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 42 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

Apparently Elon Musk is mentioned quite frequently in these leaks, but take this with a sea of salt as there is no way to independently verify: https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/search/tripcode/%21SATANZ0Gpo/page/3/

https://www.reddit.com/r/LeaksAndRumors/comments/1jzqr8c/elon_musks_alleged_unverified_4chan_account/ (archive) summarizes these posts

[–] tauonite@lemmy.world 13 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

As much as I hate Elmo, I still value truth more. There is 0 evidence he's behind that account. And given that the account claims to own Twitter (= claims to be Elmo), it's far more likely to be a troll than a secret-but-not-secret account by the richest fuckface in the world

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 6 points 9 hours ago

If you look trough the posts, people were slowly claiming it to be musk and he was slowly confirming it.

That could ofcourse be a troll too.

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[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 88 points 19 hours ago (12 children)

That Reddit thread is a very strange experience for someone not of their culture

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 44 points 16 hours ago

That is all 4chan lingo. As a general rule of thumb, if it sounds like something Elon would say, it's from 4chan.

[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 64 points 18 hours ago (9 children)

Lemmy and 4chan do have one thing in common

Hating reddit.

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[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 62 points 18 hours ago

Pools closed

[–] BossPaint@lemmy.world 93 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

Is this the end of 4 Chan?

[–] nyan@lemmy.cafe 126 points 19 hours ago

If so, it's a fitting way for them to die.

[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 94 points 19 hours ago (15 children)

4chan died a long time ago.

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