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| Peter Damian |
 Sun 5th February 2012, 11:09am
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This http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16881582 was in the news a couple of days ago. (a) To what extent do the ideals of these 'anonymous' hacktivists overlap with those of orthodox Wikipedians? (b) To what extent are they one and the same people?
I'm thinking the ideals overlap a lot. The love of anonymity and secrecy when it comes to themselves. The paradoxical hatred of anonymity and secrecy when it comes to the establishment and state and any kind of government. The obsession with hackerish things and computers. The whole 'Occupy' thing. As to whether the people are one and the same, I don't know. |
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| carbuncle |
Sun 5th February 2012, 7:54pm
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QUOTE(Peter Damian @ Sun 5th February 2012, 11:09am)  This http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16881582 was in the news a couple of days ago. (a) To what extent do the ideals of these 'anonymous' hacktivists overlap with those of orthodox Wikipedians? (b) To what extent are they one and the same people? I suspect that the demographics of Anonymous are very similar to those of WP. I am sure that there is an overlap, but perhaps someone like Seren is better placed to comment on that. This post has been edited by carbuncle: Sun 5th February 2012, 7:55pm |
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This [url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-cana... Sun 5th February 2012, 11:36am Selina Why not just call them conspiracy theorists? they ... Sun 5th February 2012, 6:06pm
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Why not just call them conspiracy theorists? they... Tue 7th February 2012, 1:53am Herschelkrustofsky I dunno... it seems natural to me that people woul... Sun 5th February 2012, 7:35pm Selina
I dunno... it seems natural to me that people wou... Sun 5th February 2012, 8:18pm radek
I dunno... it seems natural to me that people wou... Sun 5th February 2012, 8:39pm Herschelkrustofsky
I agree on the general public being too accepting... Mon 6th February 2012, 1:23am Peter Damian All very interesting but we don't know whether... Mon 6th February 2012, 7:47am Tarc What I imagine, from my experience of activist gro... Tue 7th February 2012, 2:38am Retrospect
the Muslim Conspiracy theory (like the Jewish Con... Mon 6th February 2012, 1:06pm Mister Die
the Muslim Conspiracy theory (like the Jewish Co... Mon 6th February 2012, 1:41pm Herschelkrustofsky
the Muslim Conspiracy theory (like the Jewish Co... Mon 6th February 2012, 3:55pm Peter Damian What has the muslim conspiracy theory to do with A... Mon 6th February 2012, 3:59pm Wikifan
this would be a fair argument if a minority of p... Mon 6th February 2012, 9:44pm Herschelkrustofsky
this would be a fair argument if a minority of ... Mon 6th February 2012, 10:28pm Wikifan
lol. Mon 6th February 2012, 11:18pm radek
lol.
Tarpit time. Mon 6th February 2012, 11:38pm Wikifan
lol.
Tarpit time.
haha no need. back on to... Tue 7th February 2012, 12:04am Mister Die I'm sure it has other elements by now, but whe... Tue 7th February 2012, 12:30am |
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