tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210648537465444087.post1557557859968137065..comments2023-07-05T06:19:54.550-04:00Comments on Issues in Cyberspace: Crowds...or mobs?Jennifer Proctorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11629970027360995691noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210648537465444087.post-87988667294765506632011-02-11T00:59:59.065-05:002011-02-11T00:59:59.065-05:00Good point. Anonymous seems to have a kind of stra...Good point. Anonymous seems to have a kind of strange moral self-righteousness, but no well-defined moral code. I'm cool with them attacking stuff like Scientology, or ordering 100 pizzas for someone on TV for the lulz or whatever, but they have hunted people down and ruined lives online. They have a lot of power in numbers, and their anonymity provides them with a lot of internal protection, but the frightening aspect of crowdsourcing is that it's difficult to make a crowd self-regulate.icebergtheoristhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04405714920158101887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7210648537465444087.post-60162586180836392762011-02-10T16:19:23.617-05:002011-02-10T16:19:23.617-05:00Is there a "reason" why Annonymous raide...Is there a "reason" why Annonymous raided the Epilepsy forums? That seems like a terrible thing to do, regardless of whether they had a reason or not... But out of context, this act makes them sound like an online terrorist group that targets randomly, which may or may not be true.slapshot6819https://www.blogger.com/profile/12453800524145625228noreply@blogger.com