You are probably thinking of "raids" in the wrong sense, in that you probably think the raid needs to be funny. However, they are discussing /pol/ and online ha

You are probably thinking of "raids" in the wrong sense, in that you probably think the raid needs to be funny. However, they are discussing /pol/ and online harassment instead. The researchers point out they looked for YouTube links and Twitter hashtags. As for not making headlines, you probably just aren't remembering GamerGate, and the harassment of roughly every public feminist figure in the last 10 years. And that's really just the tip of the iceberg. [1] https://arxiv.org/pdf/1702.07784.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/1702.07784.pdf