Though to call his action misguided would be correct.

Though I do not believe his intention was to proliferate obscene material, nor do I believe he was acting fully in his right mind given how it seemed to really bother him, for months, leading up to the post.

I know from personal experience that when I was first exposed to such content I wanted to let those around me in “charge” know of the offense; for me it was reporting, which in turn would immediately notify moderators of the offending content, and they would see it. Reporting functions act the same as sharing a link with the appropriate party.

Judging by his repeated shows of indignation and even going so far as to make a block list that he faithfully added to I think his convictions were authentic, though he made enemies in the loli sphere (which did not bother him, nor I honestly, I used to think loli is at best misguided, but as I grow older I see it as a coping mechanism which is deeply worrisome).

I consider the collective harassment of snow to be a harsh indictment against all users involved, I think it shameful to treat someone that passionate with such behavior that one would argue it was completely malicious. (with a few honest to goodness understandable exceptions, as at times he would argue/attack the wrong people… but of those he got wrong, they were in the minority)

I believe snow had gotten to a point where he was unheard, many would criticize and mock him, saying that, “oh it’s probably loli” or using bullshit arguments like, “it’s probably not porn, just family photos of young children”, etc.
I believe it is for this reason that he actually wanted to show someone that it was in fact CP, and if that’s his goal, he succeeded.

i have a soft spot for snow, as he committed himself to try to raise awareness and make it known that child abuse was happening and the response he got was lukewarm at best. As was clear, I think he truly believed something could be done to make a real change in the fedi.

I used to be a real zealot, which I still am a bit of a zealot in opposing that type of illicit content, and i know the frustration of not being able to get anyone to take it seriously, I just know the consequences of sharing anything like that even censored, but I fully understand the resentment he felt to his audience leading up to the post.

The difference between us is I rarely talk about it, the last time I did anything public was when I posted dox of a pedophile who was spamming 9chan. He posted a link to one of his privately owned servers where he uploaded a 10+Mb video, which 9chan didn’t allow file sizes that large. The comment was, “my first” and I’ll spare you what the video was. But from there I reported him to the Canucks, fuck that guy. (I was able to prove that it was in fact the same guy in my report; this was after 4 hours of gathering everything I could learn about this guy, all his domains, his family, friends, etc).

I’m not exaggerating when I say I was a hardcore zealot; I’ve struggled with a lot of guilt when I was a kid and a dear friend took her life from being sexually abused by her father. I remember standing at the end of the hall with an aluminum bat wanting badly to break his fucking head open, but I opted to tell someone about it instead of being a man about the whole thing and craniuming the motherfucker, nothing happened, nothing changed, and she hung herself a few weeks later.
As a result when I was a teenager and even into adulthood I would try to dox as many pedos as I could, my name is included on many reports on individuals, used to keep count but after a while I choose to forget.

I eventually had to stop myself from actively seeking their downfall, as the amount of what they were pedaling really hurt to see and it’s painful to think about.

I was seeing the victims’ faces in my dreams, I would often try to get to them in hopes of helping, but the mind is cruel and I was never able to reach them before they would disappear.
Let’s just leave it at, I was in a very dark place as a result.

I hope that in the afterlife, if we can see our friends and family, that she was proud of me for attempting to make up for my lack of strength.

As for snow, I miss the guy and I wish him well. He screwed up a bunch but I believe it was noble, and shame on those who constantly mistreated him because they wanted so desperately for him to leave their creep friends alone. Fuck the pedos, and the lolicons. Fuck them.

Miss ya snow ❤️