• FaceDeer@fedia.io
      41·
      19 hours ago

      He was an incredibly prolific poster. Unfortunately I found him to be rather abrasive, I don’t recall any particular interaction but I do get an “oh yeah, that guy. Glad he’s not been around much lately” sense when I see that name.

      • Windex007@lemmy.worldEnglish
        87·
        18 hours ago

        I’m glad they were around because they were singlehandedly posting an obscene amount which really helped lemmy not feel like a ghost town back then.

        But, they clearly had mental health issues. No healthy person would post whatever he was doing… probably 1000 posts a day (did the math: 100 posts avg per day. One post every 14 minutes for 2 years straight). Considering HOW unwell they were, they were relatively good natured. But you could see thier worldview was rooted in pretty serious personal issues.

        They were tedious, and frustrating, condescending, and a know it all. Absolutely couldn’t admit they were wrong… not even admit that weren’t perfectly right. But… they weren’t ok.

        I was glad when they disappeared, but mostly because I was really hoping they had been intervention-d by loved ones. To go cold turkey one day must have been BRUTAL for them.

        All in all I think he was the right person at the right time. Thier faults actually DROVE engagement, which was important for a blossoming platform. I don’t think anything they said or did was out of malice.

        A complicated person. I really hope they’re doing better.

        • glimse@lemmy.worldEnglish
          10·
          10 hours ago

          They moved to the UK because his daughter is trans and didn’t want to raise her in the US. Soon after moving, he disappeared.

          My head cannon is he found peace out there and didn’t feel obligated to post nonstop

  • TWeaK@lemmy.todayEnglish
    22·
    20 hours ago

    How dare you post this without any link @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world

    Edit: Looks a bit different today, how could have a last post 2 years ago in the OP but have a last post here just over 1 year ago?

    • teft@piefed.socialEnglish
      21·
      20 hours ago

      OP might have news@lemmy.world or the instance lemmy.world blocked. That would prevent those posts from showing in the feed.

      For me squid’s last post is one about belugas mimicking human speec.

      • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        17 hours ago

        I’m glad they’re doing ok. I actually didn’t mind their drama at all, they just had a bad string of things going on in their life. I recall them moving to Europe (or saying they were) at some point and then gone.

  • Deacon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    18 hours ago

    I really thought I recognized all of the big posters around here but I don’t recall this guy at all.

    • TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      20·
      20 hours ago

      Basically a serial shitposter for a few years. Came over during/before the whole Reddit API migration.

      I also remember a lot of left leaning (duh) political memes and a fair amount of posts about how doctors couldn’t figure out his ability to swallow food or some such.

      Because of that, FlyingSquid was unemployed and posted in a lot of communities daily and would comment frequently as well.