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I don't think gang members do it for the money, but rather for the social status. By definition you don't have that here; as soon as someone proclaims herself
by frisco 16y ago
I don't think gang members do it for the money, but rather for the social status. By definition you don't have that here; as soon as someone proclaims herself a "leader" they get raided just as hard as any of Anon's targets. Moot has a love-hate relationship with Anon and certainly isn't a leader figure in a sense that he isn't directing raids.
So to your point Anon is something very different than traditional gangs, but I think that's because there's no hierarchy to aspire to, rather than lack of money.
- bugsy 16y agoOk, but how the heck can you get social status when you are completely anonymous and no one knows who you are, not even your fellow gang members? They don't seem to have unique Anonymous ids, or do they? Oh wait, now I see. That's your point - that the difference is they don't have social status. OK, good point.
- ligerhearted 16y agoIf you recall the last zf0 zine (zf05.txt), Anonymous was shown to have a loosely organized group who directed raids when they picked up enough momentum and convinced enough kids and btards to launch LOIC. Most other anon jump on when there is sufficient critical mass and coverage, resulting in more lulz to be shared all around. Technically we are all Anonymous.
- keiferski 16y agoGood point, but I think that some, if not the majority of gangs only exist to make money. No money = no power = no gang. Anonymous has no comparable feature. I see anon more as a sort of underground ideological group than anything else. The first comparable movement that comes to mind is Project Mayhem (with less physical destruction of property and more identity ambiguity.)