Still the best video though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0ZFow_9vsg

Am I the only one who fears a backlash against anonymity on the web when these people co-opt the idea and brand it with what often simply boils down to absurdity?

P.S. sorry ’bout hijacking the thread!

I suppose it reflects the recent trends in anonymous participation, but it’s still disappointing.

You can’t see past the racial slurs and homophobic aspersions? The joke _is_ on you.

Anonymous honestly doesn’t give a shit about the color of skin or sexual orientation. You do, and because you do these words have power over you. Anonymous is doing this just to piss you off, and it is working. They are laughing at you, not with you. Ironic that you strive for political correctness yet only entrench the social differences and stigma? Not really.

As to bomb threats; how many Anonymous are there? How many bomb threats have there been? The USA’s stupid overreaction and security theater is much more of a concern than an ironic and effective protest of same. Or don’t you think Anonymous is capable of such a sophisticated reasons for a “Fuck You”? Besides, Anonymous did it for the luls. Epic luls, again at you.

on bOINGbOING?

I was just thinking the same thing about Alan Moore, especially since he’s always griping about what people have done with his work. (And those were the legal adaptations!)

Please try to treat your fellow commenters with less disdain.

But there is no crime greater than favoring one company over another in the corrupt eyes of the law. The founders of thepiratebay.org are awaiting their jail sentence and the founders of isohunt.com and btjunkie.org are living free with no worries from the law.

I’m missing something here. They seem to be claiming that because no-one has yet prosecuted one lot of criminals, another lot should also be allowed to go free?

However you feel about this campaign, that seems like a very stupid argument.

@17 Yes, I preferred the more minimalist style. This one sounds like it’s written by a teenager trying too hard to seem ominous.

…which must put quite a strain of their eyesight, hence the eye patch.

Besides this, they have launched on several crusades in the past few weeks, most notably trying to beat Ashton Kutcher and CNN to the one million get on twitter. Besides, Anonymous isn’t really known for its attention span; I mean, Chanology is pretty much dead at this point.

A very cleaver suggestion, indeed.

… If it weren’t for the fact that the author of this article edited the link into the sentence at a later stage!

Many to many communication is a new thing under the sun, and the social experiment that is 4chan is interesting to say the least. One thing is very sure, you can’t tell Anonymous what to do, none the less, even without leaders, Anonymous is a social force.

Ho hum.