What do you all think of Anonymous?

[Keynsinia]

They're a bunch of left wing nerds who don't understand Guy Fawkes that want to dish out the bullying they were/are given in order to feel like they have some sort of power and control, when really, they are annoying.

[Jochistan]

edgelords in every sense.

[Salus Maior]

Anonymous actuallyd deckared war on ISIS after the Paris Attacks


Semms nice

And what exactly have they done in their "war" exactly?

[Napkiraly]

Anonymous actuallyd deckared war on ISIS after the Paris Attacks


Semms nice

And what exactly have they done in their "war" exactly?

Eat hot pockets.

[Reploid Productions]

Oh goodie, another one of these threads. Second verse, same as the first:

It is impossible to formulate a single broad opinion that encompasses the entirety of what "Anonymous" is. It's not a single group. It has no leader, no single cause. Are some Anons anti-Semitic? Undoubtedly. Are all of them? Fuck no. Just like some Anons are anti-ISIS, others are pro-lulz, some might still be anti-Scientology. "Anonymous" is nothing more than an open-source brand name. Literally anyone can do anything and claim to be doing it in the name of the legion. Whether or not they actually have the support of a sizable group of people, or the skills of the 1337 haxx0rz is debatable. Some do, some don't.

Some of the actions done in the name of Anonymous are laudable. The anti-Scientology protests and massive leak and spread of information pertaining to the group's extremely dubious practices. The times Anonymous manages to track down the culprits behind an atrocious animal abuse viral video clip and bring them to justice. Going after ISIS and the terrorist group's social media presence. Other actions are horrible and ought to be condemned. Doxxing and harassing people. Hacking websites for shits and giggles. Spreading hateful messages against gays, Jews, whatever happens to catch the fancy of a section of the group at any given time. No single instance can speak for the whole, as doing so assumes that Anonymous is one single group rather than dozens, maybe hundreds making use of the reputation and tropes of the brand name.

[Cetacea]

I don't know who He/She/It/They/We/I is

[The Nuclear Fist]

We are Anomalous
We are a region
Forgive and forget
Expecto Petronum

[Korhal IVV]

Anonymous actuallyd deckared war on ISIS after the Paris Attacks


Semms nice

And what exactly have they done in their "war" exactly?

I don't know. Probably hacking.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Anonymous actuallyd deckared war on ISIS after the Paris Attacks


Semms nice

And what exactly have they done in their "war" exactly?

Attack their social media and whatnot, which seems like a bad idea honestly because it might just drive them deeper and deeper into the good ol Internet and make them harder to find.

[Cetacea]

And what exactly have they done in their "war" exactly?

Attack their social media and whatnot, which seems like a bad idea honestly because it might just drive them deeper and deeper into the good ol Internet and make them harder to find.

isn't that the point? ISIS survives by feeding its ideology to the disaffected masses. Anonymous is attempting to isolate ISIS by cutting it off from there primary recruitment tool. Once the recruitment is cut off, the ISIS core will be identified and then they can be targeted by real force

[Australian rePublic]

Have thery actually stopped anything that they said they would

[Washington Resistance Army]

Attack their social media and whatnot, which seems like a bad idea honestly because it might just drive them deeper and deeper into the good ol Internet and make them harder to find.

isn't that the point? ISIS survives by feeding its ideology to the disaffected masses. Anonymous is attempting to isolate ISIS by cutting it off from there primary recruitment tool. Once the recruitment is cut off, the ISIS core will be identified and then they can be targeted by real force

It wouldn't do much to cut them off imo, they'll still be able to advertise and try to recruit people they'll just be doing it in different forms. Of course I'm not sure anyone in Daesh is smart enough to know how to use anything beyond Twitter and whatnot.

[Frank Zipper]

They seem to be about on the same level as the people who vandalise and tag the play equipment on my local park.

[Dumb Ideologies]

I think they should get off my lawn and go play with themselves.

[Vashty]

I both love them for exposing serious criminals on the deep/dark web, and hate them for taking down the PSN in 2011 I think it was.

[Washington Resistance Army]

I both love them for exposing serious criminals on the deep/dark web, and hate them for taking down the PSN in 2011 I think it was.

Pretty sure they've never exposed anyone really serious, just some dumbasses they tricked into downloading software that revealed some info about them.

[Vashty]

I both love them for exposing serious criminals on the deep/dark web, and hate them for taking down the PSN in 2011 I think it was.

Pretty sure they've never exposed anyone really serious, just some dumbasses they tricked into downloading software that revealed some info about them.

They've definitely exposed a few paedos.

[Fascist Empire of Great Britain]

If I recall correctly, they are for internet privacy, yet have broken the privacy of hundreds of thousands of people.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Pretty sure they've never exposed anyone really serious, just some dumbasses they tricked into downloading software that revealed some info about them.

They've definitely exposed a few paedos.

Eh, when you have drug and arms dealers who go around making sometimes hundreds of thousands a month on the markets that seems like a pretty small catch.

If I recall correctly, they are for internet privacy, yet have broken the privacy of hundreds of thousands of people.

They're only for it if you agree with them and their beliefs apparently.

[Kvatchdom]

Their attacks on IS and pedophile rings is commendable, but hackers are hardly a necessary asset to humanity.

[Dumb Ideologies]

Anonymous is basically a much less likeable Deadpool.

[Hirota]

ITT: A lot of sweeping assertions about a broad group of people with varying attitudes.

Full disclosure: Was a protester during Operation Chanology. I'm therefore a (former) anonymous member. On the other hand, I am a former Sony Playstation employee during 2011, so I've been indirectly affected by anonymous too.

Honestly, anonymous is too diverse a group to pigeon hole into one demographic (and certainly far too complex to intelligently summarise in a single paragraph).

On one hand you have a group of vaguely minded individuals concerned with freedom of expression, pro-democracy, opposition to cult ideologies, opposition to government monitoring and other generally admirable aims.

On the other hand you have a group which includes people more concerned with shits n giggles, and occasional internal clashes over objectives.

[Ifreann]

ITT: A lot of sweeping assertions about a broad group of people with varying attitudes.

Full disclosure: Was a protester during Operation Chanology. I'm therefore a (former) anonymous member. On the other hand, I am a former Sony Playstation employee during 2011, so I've been indirectly affected by anonymous too.

Honestly, anonymous is too diverse a group to pigeon hole into one demographic (and certainly far too complex to intelligently summarise in a single paragraph).

On one hand you have a group of vaguely minded individuals concerned with freedom of expression, pro-democracy, opposition to cult ideologies, opposition to government monitoring and other generally admirable aims.

On the other hand you have a group which includes people more concerned with shits n giggles, and occasional internal clashes over objectives.

Then you realise that these hands are the same hand, and it's green, and masturbating to pictures of shoes on heads.

[Allet Klar Chefs]

Anonymous is so passé.

[Cruithneach]

I think there's a difference between being anti-Israel and anti-semetic. I'm personally anti-Israel, that's got to do with politics more than religion. I'm alright with Jews, just not the country Israel, which I think is where Anonymous comes in.