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isn't anonymous just a loose affiliation of people on 4chan though? Kind of strange to claim that the whole collective is doing something.
by btheshoe 5y ago
isn't anonymous just a loose affiliation of people on 4chan though? Kind of strange to claim that the whole collective is doing something.
- exdsq 5y agoAnd even then it’s mostly a bunch of kids larping
- moron4hire 5y agoThat's all it ever was
- raspberry1337 5y ago4chan is so big these days, a mere board like /pol/ will have 30 million unique IP visits per month, that is (perhaps unfortunately) more than just kids these days. It's the main free speech board of the internet, it draws people from all over the world.
- james-redwood 5y agoIt’s nowhere near that big.
- Grieving 5y agoThe "real" Anonymous was. Now some other hacktivist group uses the name to cash in on the clout. People get really excited when they hear Anonymous is back at work.
- loves_mangoes 5y agoThat's where it started, but they're entirely separate banners now. It is actually not allowed to organize raids or other Anonymous-style hacktivities that are against US law on 4chan. So, calling for cyber war may just net you a warning from moderators. The board is not the bastion of absolute unregulated free speech people think it is! More broadly, outside of the current geopolitical context, trying to pick a target and rally anons against it is in bad taste. If you try, you may be told that "4chan is Not Your Personal Army" (NYPA). As a result, the various "Anonymous" groups really don't have a home there.
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- sremani 5y agoWhen I didn't know better I thought them as some kind anarcho libetarian group, but behind every effective cyber offensive there is always a powerful actor.. mostly a state or private interest.
- raxxorrax 5y agoNot necessarily 4chan, but yes. Its name can and has been claimed by different groups.