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"Anonymous is not a noun. "Anonymous" is an adjective. A noun describes an entity: some person, place, or thing. Anonymous is not an organization. It is not eve
by afarrell 15y ago
"Anonymous is not a noun. "Anonymous" is an adjective. A noun describes an entity: some person, place, or thing. Anonymous is not an organization. It is not even a coherent idea besides "people acting anonymously"
Occasionally, we correct people's grammar to be pedantic. This is not one of those cases. When people say "Anonymous attacked Initech today, following an announcement that they were developing transaction tracking software as part of Goldman Sachs' partnership with the Saudi government to track down support networks of dissidents within the kingdom." they speak as if there is some entity or organization. Rather than being a pedantic grammar mistake, this error reflects a conceptual misunderstanding of reality .
When you see someone use "anonymous" as a noun, please correct their grammar.
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- AgentConundrum 15y ago> they speak as if there is some entity or organization There is. It's a group calling itself "Anonymous", not just an anonymous group, though they are that as well. "Organization" might be a bit too strong of a word to describe them though. Anyone can become Anonymous for however long they like and for whatever purpose they like. When you hear about two different attacks by Anonymous, it's entirely possible no one person was involved in both. It's actually harder to describe than I thought.