Anonymous is an idea, not a single group.
Yeah I think the name sort of hints at that, for anyone using their thinking muscles
Maybe some early pranks. Most of what they do seems legit, fighting oppression and calling out bigots and disgusting people.
Probably defacing PBS?
Though I think that may have kindof been the FBI’s idea rather than Anonymous’. (It took place after Sabu was compromised by the FBI and I think it was kindof Sabu that started… was it LulzSec that that PBS hack was done under?)
Fuckin’ FBI.
(Also, don’t know why you’re getting downvotes.)
Yeah the PBS hack was LulzSec
I most disagree with identifying Anonymous as a group. It was meant to be a label under which anyone could do anything, granted power through what it was specifically not, and the attempts by people both within and without to make it a group destroyed the value of the Anonymous label.
Posting on 4chan
When the hacker, known as 4 chan, stole the celeb titty pictures
The various cyber attacks by the CIA done with the “you can’t prove it was us” Anonymous cover.
The fact they crackdown on sectarian activity like they’re the old jedi order.
The Scientology fight
While I’m not against an anonymous stand for what’s “right”, that really was the tipping point for a lot of changes on 4chan.
It really fuelled the idea that anonymous should have some sort of goal of justice rather than just doing things “for the lulz”. It normalized the concept of shamelessly bringing your internet culture of choice out into the real world regardless of appropriateness (most of the protests were really just 4chan irl meetups, not really protests).
The biggest change was the sheer amount of public attention it drew to the site. That brought in a huge influx of new users who didn’t care to conform to the existing board culture (for better or worse). Things changed considerably following all that mess.
You know what?
I completely misread the title, I read it as what action did you agree the most with.
And since that was the one big thing that came to mind, that is what I wrote, I am sorry for the confusion
