He was discovered by 4channers and harassed up until his death. His choice of language, and mental deterioration, were due to them in no small part
LWD
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It's a bit worse than that, the term started with a slur attached
Glowie, also known as a Glown*****, is a slang term popular on 4chan's /pol/ board used in reference to CIA or other governmental agents posing as ordinary 4chan users...
Has been since he got ousted from Mozilla for funding anti-gay stuff
Just keep in mind: your upvotes on Lemmy are visible to anybody who runs a Lemmy instance.
God help us if Elon Musk figures out how to run one.
ETA: I mention this because the current government wants to find anyone who does this.