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Is Anonymous Going Mainstream Following Website Funding?

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. Way to miss the point YAN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The idea of an official Anonymous anything is absurd.

    And for an unofficial Anonymous site, there's 4chan.

  2. They already own a website... by mw13068 · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... it just happens to have other people's content on it sometimes.

  3. FBI is first subscriber! by danbuter · · Score: 5, Funny

    The cybercrime division of the FBI is the very first subscriber, remarkably enough.

  4. Stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  5. This isn't just late, this is slowpoke meme status by B1oodAnge1 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Anonymous went mainstream circa 2007. Anyone thinking anything different has no understanding of what is actually going on.

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  6. Re:Unwitting Accomplices? by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Insightful

    You don't need "probable cause" or even evidence, in "terrorism" cases, apparently.

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  7. This may not end well by Peer · · Score: 4, Interesting

    In a similar case somebody ran of with the server and donations:
    https://encyclopediadramatica.se/Why_We_Protest_Forums#11.2F29.2F08_The_Day_Enturb_Stood_Still

  8. Misdirection by sstamps · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Anyone who thinks that this represents or is backed by the core activists who are part of the collective is, well.. a fool parted with their money.

    It would paint a massive bulls-eye target on anyone associated with it, pretty much saying "here I am, come get me!".

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  9. Re:Cheese is the real victim here by TWiTfan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Someone on 4chan said it best: "Anyone claiming to represent anon is not anon."

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