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Well no one is clearly tracking these people now when they post out in the open on *chan, so I'm not sure whether this is really such a problem.
by amaccuish 7y ago
Well no one is clearly tracking these people now when they post out in the open on *chan, so I'm not sure whether this is really such a problem.
- partiallypro 7y agoIt's pretty obvious that they are, it's hard to track something that's anonymous. It's not like the 80s/90s when these people would congregate in groups and go to parties, etc. This is a new ball game. You also have to consider that *Channers often "shitpost" and 99% of threats aren't even legitimate.
- amaccuish 7y agoIf so what's the point in trying if you're going to expend a large amount of effort for relatively little gains. It would surely be better to accept that such forums will always exist but at least make it more difficult for people to accidentally stumble across this stuff.
- blaser-waffle 7y agoPlenty of people are tracking the chans; 8chan's /k/ occasionally had a thread about feds using screenshots from various chans. I'd bet my shoes that a great deal of Open Source Intelligence types float around on /k/ and other politically oriented boards as a way of scoping up occasional gold nuggets and taking the temperature of things. Someone is watching, but it's like panning gold from a river, except the gold is "Actionable Intelligence" and the river is high-pressure sewer main -- lots and lots of shit but little actual gold. High effort, but little yield.
- malaya_zemlya 7y agoBellingcat most certainly watches 8chan: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/08/04/the-el-paso-shooting-and-the-gamification-of-terror/ https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2019/08/04/the-el-p...