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In May 2022, Jack started a community page on the recipe-sharing platform '''Whisk'''. With a lack of any usual moderation tools at Jack's disposal, the page was relentlessly raided by trolls, with Jack shutting everything down within less than a full day.
In May 2022, Jack started a community page on the recipe-sharing platform '''Whisk'''. With Whisk's lack of robust moderation tools Jack usually uses to rule with an iron fist, the page was relentlessly raided by trolls, with Jack shutting everything down within less than a full day.


==Background==
==Background==
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When the Whisk page was first shared on Jack's [[Kiwi Farms]] thread, it was quickly discovered that Whisk, unlike YouTube, does not afford Jack the same level of dominion over censoring criticism and sending haters to the boys' club - precipitating a full-blown raid by trolls.<ref>https://kiwifarms.st/threads/jack-russell-scalfani-cooking-with-jack-jack-on-the-go-show-jakatak.13468/post-11979657</ref> Additionally, users on Whisk had the liberty to recreate recipes, posting them as their own "custom version" alongside the original. This feature led to the emergence of mock recipes such as "POORMAN'S ROAST DOG".<ref name=RoastDog>https://kiwifarms.st/threads/jack-russell-scalfani-cooking-with-jack-jack-on-the-go-show-jakatak.13468/post-11979496</ref>
When the Whisk page was first shared on Jack's [[Kiwi Farms]] thread, it was quickly discovered that Whisk, unlike YouTube, does not afford Jack the same level of dominion over censoring criticism and sending haters to the boys' club - precipitating a full-blown raid by trolls.<ref>https://kiwifarms.st/threads/jack-russell-scalfani-cooking-with-jack-jack-on-the-go-show-jakatak.13468/post-11979657</ref> Additionally, users on Whisk had the liberty to recreate recipes, posting them as their own "custom version" alongside the original. This feature led to the emergence of mock recipes such as "POORMAN'S ROAST DOG".<ref name=RoastDog>https://kiwifarms.st/threads/jack-russell-scalfani-cooking-with-jack-jack-on-the-go-show-jakatak.13468/post-11979496</ref>


Around 30 troll accounts quickly stormed the page.<ref name=PageDead>https://kiwifarms.st/threads/jack-russell-scalfani-cooking-with-jack-jack-on-the-go-show-jakatak.13468/post-11981900</ref><ref>https://kiwifarms.st/threads/jack-russell-scalfani-cooking-with-jack-jack-on-the-go-show-jakatak.13468/post-11980198</ref> The persistent onslaught of burners overwhelmed Jack's stroke-addled brain, and in desperation, he deleted the community page by 6:39PM Jacktime, with the entire stint lasting only seven hours.<ref name=PageDead/> The recipe pages remained viewable unlisted for some time before their eventual deletion too.<ref>https://kiwifarms.st/threads/jack-russell-scalfani-cooking-with-jack-jack-on-the-go-show-jakatak.13468/post-11982096</ref> Jack never acknowledged Whisk again after the fact.
Around 30 troll accounts quickly stormed the page.<ref name=PageDead>https://kiwifarms.st/threads/jack-russell-scalfani-cooking-with-jack-jack-on-the-go-show-jakatak.13468/post-11981900</ref><ref>https://kiwifarms.st/threads/jack-russell-scalfani-cooking-with-jack-jack-on-the-go-show-jakatak.13468/post-11980198</ref> The persistent onslaught of burners overwhelmed Jack's stroke-addled brain, and in desperation, he removed all recipes and permanently locked down the community page by 6:39PM Jacktime, with the entire stint lasting only seven hours.<ref name=PageDead/> The recipe pages remained unlisted and viewable for some time before their eventual deletion.<ref>https://kiwifarms.st/threads/jack-russell-scalfani-cooking-with-jack-jack-on-the-go-show-jakatak.13468/post-11982096</ref> Interestingly, Jack specifically kicked troll accounts named "''X'' Scalfani" alongside one called "Strokearm" from the page, but left all other trolls intact.<ref>https://discord.com/channels/957778017277595689/957782549189496872/979053468822143006</ref><ref>https://discord.com/channels/957778017277595689/957782549189496872/979053577244921866</ref> Jack's own account also vanished from the page, whether he simply left it or deleted his account altogether,<ref>https://discord.com/channels/957778017277595689/957782549189496872/979053836448718889</ref> and he never acknowledged Whisk again after the fact.


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