Completely Unrelated to anything
Kiwifarms is a Fed operation to let people vent about theories instead of going full Unibomber to vent
I'm going to steelman this in a tangential way by PLing a little:
I used 4chan for years, then emigrated to 8chan shortly after Moot denounced GG. I supported GG somewhat, but I was more interested in the slower discussion on 8chan. I mostly posted on 8/v/ but I'd regularly lurk 8/pol/ and would occasionally peek at some of the other lesser known boards out of curiosity.
One detail of 8chan that's oft forgotten is the level of sway the website had in spite of its size. It had a very proactive user base as a direct result of GG. Normally, I'd only interact with party /v/ans and sharing threads. However, what's really important to note in hindsight is the amount of socio-political malfeasance throughout the imageboard as a whole. I imagine most of the Farms know about that retard Tarrant, but I doubt most of us remember the silent protests, document sharing, and anarchic harassment campaigns. I still think about the armed silent protest organized by 8/pol/, where over a dozen people "watched" a bank with assault rifles at the ready.
Now, I'm not saying that 8chan was a honeypot at the time,
there's no doubt in my mind that it is now, but I digress but I believe it was intended by Frederick to be a "pressure release valve" in a way. That is to say, many websites in the past served to diffuse tension apropos of nothing, Tumblr being another example. 8chan should have been a simple website to "blow off steam," but it ended up being far more dangerous in a way. I don't think Tarrant was a Manchurian candidate or anything; he still fit the profile of the average /pol/tard in a way most feds don't. I do think Tarrant, and 8chan as a whole, forced a crackdown on dissident websites. The unintentional consequence of 8chan's dissolution was that its userbase spread out to other forums and social media. Same thing happened with Tumblr, SA, and other Wild West sites, as many of us know. Obviously, this isn't ideal. It's much better to crush dissent before it gets too big and without much fuss. You don't want the userbase "infecting" other websites unless those websites are already under your thumb. Therefore, it's far better to allow a few "pressure release valve" sites to keep the normalfag Internet "clean," until these sites begin going places they shouldn't. If these sites cannot be controlled due to an incorrigible admin or an unruly userbase, it's more effective to slowly choke these websites out over time. The userbase will grow more and more demoralized until the dissidence dissipates.
My point being, I believe several websites are not only being watched by glowies, but are also allowed to exist solely because of their ability to diffuse tension. Moreover, I believe that after several websites demonstrated how a userbase spreads after a site detonation, plans were put in place to smother these userbases prior to a detonation. If the smothering succeeds in crushing dissent, that's excellent. If it fails, the site can be targeted in a more conventional way with less concern about Internet refugees. KF experienced that over the past few years in my mind. I wouldn't be surprised at all if Blockhead Jones is a patsy in a way, especially after some of the statements coming from the upper echelons of the ICANN and Cogent. 4chan's new CAPTCHA system may be downstream of these tactics, although I doubt their efficacy on 4chan in particular.
