[rejectfinite]

>3. now you have IP addresses of possibly nefarious people without needing to subpoena 4chan

ahahah 4chan is almost as mainstream as Reddit. ahahahahahahaaaaaaa you really think they would waste time like this for IP addresses to "keep track of"

[albatross13]

Several people have been arrested based on 4chan posts recently, after 'threatening' a law enforcement official in florida.

So...yes. Yes I do.

[rovolo]

The "bait" this comment is referring to is that a Sheriff publicly denounced in a press conference a bunch of neo-nazi messaging spread around his town during a racecar event.

https://www.jta.org/2023/04/27/united-states/a-florida-sheri...

The sheriff's parents' house was swatted. These are the 4chan posts which were included in the various news articles.

https://sports.yahoo.com/4chan-2-men-used-online-170958670.h...

> "It's too bad Mike Chitwood isn’t safe now that I'm planning to kill him. I'm going to shoot Mike Chitwood. I'm going to kill him by shooting him to death."

> "Just shoot Chitwood in the head and he stops being a problem. They have to find a new guy to be the problem. But shooting Chitwood in the head solves an immediate problem permanently. Just shoot Chitwood in the head and murder him."

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2023/04/20/3rd-4chan...

> “I WILL KILL CHITWOOD, MARK MY WORDS.”

[rejectfinite]

Yes for specific threatening posts. You cannot see a difference, I guess?

[rovolo]

"This comment" is referring to lbatross13, not to you. I'm uninterested in talking to lbatross13; I was adding context for other readers.

[ikiris]

Because threatening a law enforcement officer is actually illegal. and your scare quotes don't make it less of a crime.