Is Anonymous Going Mainstream Following Website Funding?

Posted by samzenpus on Monday April 22, 2013 @04:07AM from the official-anonymity dept.

DavidGilbert99 writes "For a completely online movement, the lack of an official Anonymous website is certainly strange. The reason, according to Anonymous itself is down to the lack of a hierarchical structure. However, one Anonymous-linked group could be about to change all that, having succeeded in securing $55,000 in funding for a website. Is this the beginning of Anonymous going mainstream? From the article: 'The @YourAnonNews (YAN) Twitter account has over one million followers and has leveraged its popularity to successfully raise over $55,000 (£34,000) through a crowd-funding campaign on the Indiegogo website. The funding drive was established to allow those behind the YAN account to set up a website of its own which will allow it "to collect breaking reports and blog postings from the best independent reporters online."'"

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They already own a website... by mw13068 · 2013-04-22 04:24 · Score: 5, Funny

... it just happens to have other people's content on it sometimes.
FBI is first subscriber! by danbuter · 2013-04-22 04:24 · Score: 5, Funny

The cybercrime division of the FBI is the very first subscriber, remarkably enough.
Stupid by Anonymous Coward · 2013-04-22 04:24 · Score: 3, Funny

This is probably the most stupid thing I've ever seen in my life. And I used to go to church...