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solrize@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I didn’t know that word.

Noun

glowie (plural glowies)

(Internet slang, derogatory, far-right) A government agent or informant infiltrating an online political space, with the supposed intention of surveilling violent extremists or provoking entrapment.

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notsoshaihulud@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Ohh, Thanks I did need a dictionary for the OP, but you still left out the racist 4chan verbiage around the etymology (“CIA N*s glow in the dark”). en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/glowie#English

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- blazeknave@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yeah… didn’t expect Google to plain text that one for me…
  
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LWD@lemm.ee ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
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…

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- Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The originator of the term is the late Terry Davis, a paranoid schizophrenic and developer of TempleOS. He used to go on angry rants about “glow in the dark CIA niggers”, or glowies for short.
  
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  - LWD@lemm.ee ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    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
    
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    SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Damn, I didn’t know he got Chris Chan’d. Ugh.
    
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    tjsauce@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    If that dude got proper support, he could have done wonders; he made animated icons for his 16-color assembly-coded OS, and a simple 3d racer! All by himself!
    
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ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
So it’s a narc, but if you’re racist

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