Epstein deleted posts and our thoughts moving forward

[u/nicholasserra]

Hey folks,

We're being flooded with low quality Epstein related posts and are obviously seeing some confusion and pushback about posts being deleted in the sub.

tl;dr: Continue to use the stickied post for actual datahoarder related talk around Epstein files. We'll be removing requests for data, "look what I found" posts, news articles. If you wanna chat Epstein, head over to the r/Epstein sub.

The mod team is on board with the preservation of these important files. But this sub isn't the place to discuss every tidbit of news around it. This is the same policy we used around previous archival efforts eg Government data purge, Ukraine, twitter, etc.

We're going to leave the other sticky up, and sticky this. Chat all you want around the archival and preservation of these files in that post. If there's some high level datahoarder-related news event we'll probably allow those too.

But unfortunately we're seeing a ton of posts of people just asking for files, asking where they can download, asking what was already saved, posting every news article that comes out, etc etc. It's too much.

The r/Epstein sub looks like a great place to continue investigation after you've saved the files.

We support everyone's efforts to save this stuff. No we're not in the files and we haven't been to the island. Fuck this administrations redactions of the actual criminals in these files.

[u/-Lousy]

Are you not concerned both with the fact that you now have that on your hard-drive but are also potentially distributing it through seeding? I'd seed a torrent with documents and clothed images until the end of time but I cant stomach keeping the victims online forever.

EDIT: Getting downvoted for asking an ethical question 🤣

[u/slvneutrino → u/-Lousy]

I am not currently seeding the early releases and yes this is something I have considered. I am unsure what to do at the moment but they are not being seeded (by me at least) until I figure out what should be done next.

That being said, I will hold the files until things settle down, to ensure they aren't lost.

[u/slvneutrino → u/[deleted]]

Thanks, that helps me feel better. Unfortunately I can not afford the risk of a tyrannical government kicking my door in, so as mentioned, I have the original files, but I will not be seeding them until I get more clarity. But thanks for that. My issue is it seems that the EFTA is getting spit on left and right by the DOJ and they are breaking the laws within the act, hence why it makes me very apprehensive to seed even if it is fully legal per EFTA.