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I was under the impression that Anonymous was just kind of a brand that anyone who wanted to could assign credit to for their activities (since they have the pu

I was under the impression that Anonymous was just kind of a brand that anyone who wanted to could assign credit to for their activities (since they have the publicity infrastructure in place)

arctangent 15y ago
You're correct. But I believe there's a certain amount of coordination going on behind the scenes in order to arrange significant activities. Anonymous is an interesting cultural phenomenon, but hiding behind a common shared identity is not new. For example, see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-use_name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple-use_name http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Collective_pseudonyms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Collective_pseudonyms