Darkhilt wrote...
I believe I posted on that thread what I thought about that,Again, Anonymous as a whole never says it will do something,they just announce that members will do something, in this case, while someone did want to do this, not enough people were in agreement and resources were diverted to actions against the mexican drug cartel and occupy.For a entity like anonymous to say they would do something as attacking Facebook would be on par as Fakku's forums all agreeing to hate lolis.Besides, unless a subgroup decides to, there is not enough power within invididual members to do si
Described that way, it seems like Anonymous isn't an actual organization. People can use the name "Anonymous" to do whatever they want. And that's my beef with it; Anonymous doesn't really exist. It's not a real group where people join and participate. It's a mask to use when doing things. A group of half a dozen people could get together and decide to fuck up ebay over Thanksgiving weekend, and they could call themselves Anonymous, regardless of how anybody that has participated in Anonymous movements in the past feels. And the Anonymous that don't like it can't say, "They're not really Anonymous," lest the hacker group says, "No, they're not really Anonymous."
Hackers don't need to be in a group. They don't need a name. In the past, people on imageboards raided other websites and did things similar to what Anonymous has been doing (albeit without the political overtones), and they never said that they were part of a group or that they had real power. One person would basically say, "Let's hit this website," and sometimes people would agree and the site would be taken offline for a day or so, and sometimes no one else would care and nothing would be done. It's the same way now, except that Anonymous isn't representing themselves that way; they say they're an organized group, but really, it all comes down to a person suggesting something and then waiting to see if others will agree.