I was just wondering: Suppose KF is gone for good, where does Null go from here? he's been banned from the banking system, he's been made infamous in the English-speaking world and he says he can't find a tech job. So does he just live in a cave somewhere? unable to have a credit card or bank account, unable to live normally back in the USA.
Kiwifarms is Josh‘s entire life.
I don’t think he is being honest whenever he hints he is going to quit to have a normal life and a family. If he was, he would, have quitted, or compromised, along time ago. At the very least, he is lying to himself.
For good or bad he has sacrificed a lot just to keep the forum around. I mean going to a whole other country, and getting banned from evey social network, bank and, and payment processor are not pains you endure just “for laughs”. And he is not going to trow the towel that easily after everything he has sacrificed
He is way more dependent to it than he is willing to admit. His entire income comes from donations. And he is basically unemployable in any job with a company that could be tied to internet drama. Aka every tech job ever. At least Moot had plausible deniability with 4chan
Plus Being the owner Kiwifarms does give him a lot of power he enjoys. Just having a thread on Kiwifarms is something that terrifies some people, and that he hasn’t been afraid to weaponize. In a way, it is like having a personal army.
I have no doubt Josh is not going to give up, unless there is literally no more money and/or no way to keep the site online on the clear net. Until then, he will keep trying.
Spite , not free speech, has always been his strongest motivator.