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Urgh, I hate the raiders... | |
Hail the wise beard man, his words are wise his face is beard. I used to be a frequent poster on 4chon but after it became the new hip thing like facebook or myspace i took my leave because it just wasn't a super fun secret internet club anymore. Althou i do often visit /a/. Project Chanology was however something that caught my intrest. 4chan has taught me one thing that i would not live without and that is "Internet is serious business" which i always assumed was said with a sarcastic tone because it is not serious business... I think what Anon did was a good thing. It caught the public eye and made most people look at Scientology not as a religion but as what it is, a cult. Although Anon generly prefer to stay away or atleast USED TO prefer staying out of the public eye i think that this was a good message. About saying that "Most protesters were new" or as Anon would say it "Protesters are Newfags", that is just Anon turning on itself which always does. Anon always fight with other Anon so it is no suprise. This article thou? needs moar desu edit:
Raiders exist for one reason, to make something into serious business and make you mad.. if they can frustraite you and make you hate them then they have won the game, it is best to just ignore them and pretend their not there, don't feed the troll :/ | |
Yeah your right scientology does nothing to worry about at all... | |
Q: How can you be Anon in public? A: You can't. So you are not Anon. | |
Nice article, the writing from the Escapist is always refreshing. "4chan's legendary apathy towards the real world triumphed." Counter-culture is not fueled by apathy; that's just silly. | |
I still visit /b/ every now and then, however mostly just for the porn and in hope of better times (like when /b/ was good, haha).
When project Chanology was new, I really didn't care that much. As I often had a tendency to get trolled, I have learned the phrase "Serious business" the hard way. I will have to admit that there was a time I considered joining into the raids just for the fun of meeting other people... but meh, I live too far way from most of the raids anyway.
You did that on purpose didn't you? Luckily I don't see alot of raiders anymore, although I hate how they practically invited people into 4chan somehow made /b/ even worse :/ | |
/b/ was never good.
a bored Anonymous needs something to do.
Yes i did | |
YOU FORGOT RULES 1 AND 2. >C | |
I'll tell you the precise problem with /b/ - the precise problem is that it is a self-contained community. I've been led to believe that on the ARPANET, that is very much a Bad Thing. It is that very containment that has led them to believe that their absurd attempts at humour (or "doing it for the lulz") have any comedic value whatsoever - "no soap, radio" if I've ever seen it in reality. The results of this self-containment can be seen now that people are bringing /b/ to attention. These people, crippled by exposure to these absurd in-jokes, fail to realise that others don't consider their humour to be anything better than a curiosity, and more likely just see it as foolishness. Better to have the anarchy of the notorious USENET than this sealing off, because at least those on the USENET had some chance at redemption, and if they couldn't be redeemed, at the very least, they made a good psychological study on the ARPANET as a whole. | |
Someone actually took the time to write an article on /b/... | |
And this group Anonymous somehow presents a healthier, more constructive approach to humanity and the world we all live in? | |
I know. Actually, a dorm-mate of mine was arrested for being part of Anonymous (he was a hacker). Also, I feel I must post links to pictures. Somewhat NSFW. Nothing visibly too graphic. Remember people, /b/ has many horrible parts, but is a gold-mine for funny pictures (and disgust, but lets not go there). http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u189/mstrswrd/Btard.jpg I think that's enough. | |
I think what you have written would have been more relavent a year ago. *Sigh* If raidfags never got media attention /b/ would still be good. The odd Gaiafag would pop up and fuck about. But it would be tolerable. Look at it now. It is just somewhere for people to find free porn. The humour has near enough gone and the ratio of an epic thread to the bollocks that these newfags think is funny is easily 1:50. No one cared about Scientology this much. Sending stuff to their fax machines to waste the paper was funny. DDOS attacks were funny. Crowding in the street wearing pathetic masks trying to raise a point. I'm not laughing. Was anyone else? | |
The whole scientology issue is overblown but it's nice to think /b/ went outside and got some fresh air. Even if it was filtered by a V-Mask. | |
Rule 1 and 2 only apply during raids.
Didn't your dorm-mate get arrested for hacking rather than for being a part of anonymous... 'cause really, only Fox news think anonymous are hackers on steroids. | |
Over 9000 attempted raids on this site soon? /b/ does take offence sometimes. Seriously... Just ignore them and they will go away. No bid deal. | |
Bleh, /b/ was never good. So now it's full of idiots, and nothing of value was lost. And of course, some people just prefer to wallow in a pool of shit.
/b/ is not Fight Club. | |
As RAK alluded to, /b/ has been exposed for what it is; its attempts to garner mainstream attention and call attention to itself became a grand example of "be careful what you wish for", as they have now become an object of ridicule that people have actually heard of, all while attracting scores of "n00bs" and passers-by who have, for the "classic" /b/tard, ruined the experience. What had the potential to be a Crowning Moment of Awesome turned into a sputtering climax, as satisfying to its members as a premature ejaculation would be to a virgin girl on her wedding night. Personally, as someone who has despised /b/ and its impact on Internet culture for years now, I couldn't be happier to see them sink into (even greater) irrelevance. | |
Hating /b/ without having a clue what it is (was) all about is the new black. | |
Well as for the rest of you, I agree with PlasticPorter. @PlasticPorter: Everything here is why every open-minded, free-thin king person in teh world should oppose this bunch of Neo-Facist, neo-Con mother*******! Freedom of Speech is the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and all the Scifags and sychophants out there shoudl take note! | |
While this is a fantastic, and well-written article, it's kinda missed the mark of /b/ just a bit. The largest problem with /b/, especially as of late, is that it's a members' only club that lost its "Members Only" status.It varied with the influx. The rule of thumb on /b/, at least the /b/ of old, was to lurk until you understood what the hell was going on, then you could jump on and become another anonymous, posting pic semi related or taking comfort in the smaller things. The old /b/ was small enough to "moderate" the new guys who would come in, learn the ropes, and then become the mass. The new /b/ got too large, too fast, and no one really learned the etiquette of old. The old guys, flapping their beards while shaking their canes, grew tired and left. The new /b/ is a sort of Gaia-Lite. A cool, refreshing beverage that shows occasional signs of the old /b/, but none of the energy involved. It became the internet trash can. As far as Anonymous and Scientology goes, it was the old /b/ that DDoSed Scientology, made Tom Cruise's video public, and generally powered the internet "hate" machine under the guise of free-speech. Much like the /b/ of yore, this was taken over by people who had a genuine interest in taking down Scientology, and leaving the internet hate machine to do it's hating. Once the lulz were gone, /b/ packed up and left. The anonymous that remained were re-dubbed "moralfags" and were left to do their protesting (no longer trolling) in a civil and only partially /b/ manner. The method was simple, establish an identity, and run with it. And the "Moralfags" proceeded to gain ground, and continue to be an existing entity on the Meat World scene. Rules 1 and 2 state you do not talk about /b/, for raiding purposes. You are Anonymous, you are legion, and you are a direct force of "eBaumsWorld," the all-mighty scapegoat of /b/. The Scientology donned the mask, lied of cake, and rick-roll'd a cult, all a direct force of Anonymous. Although the title lives on, /b/ and Scientology are not at all related anymore. It's all another mask. But that's a lot of history which really makes no difference. Just, rather a note on the lack of /b/ as it was, versus the now-"tame" /b/ and now-activist "anonymous." The old /b/, I'd imagine, has moved to one of the other *chans. Although, it's pretty safe to say, the "Internet Hate Machine" that was /b/ is no more, and now is only a weak facsimile of the script-kiddies-on-steroids. | |
as a sometime 'philosi-fag' myself in a way , yes. yes we are. yes there are some of the most horrendous thing you will ever see in the site, from attempts at child porn to gore pics showing every vulgar detail. but is it a 'good' thing? yes it is. at least for the U.S. | |
Ooh goodie, this is one of those forum things. We shall have such FUN together! Chanology fag here. We get to troll scifags because they can't accept any criticism. | |
This is probably the first and only time so far someone has ever been able to channel the raw power of Legion... I still lurk /b/, but I'm taking a little break... Hi Tyrian and Ajax. NewClassic> At least shitty threads are not stored indefinitely on /b/, sure they are reposted, but it's not such an eye-rape as Gaia's layout... | |
Here's what I hear from you guys who are complaining about what /b/ and failchan used to be like: "BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! *complain about other people who are not taking the internet/anonymous as serious as us* BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" Christ, the chans started to suck after the faux news story about anonymous, not after chanology, retards. The only reason why they still suck now is because the majority of you are too busy complaining about other anonymous having their fun. Too busy gripping, then you don't go out and make your own fun. Anonymous doesn't care what other anonymous do. The one thing Chanology has brought me, is an untold amount of lulz by trolling other "channers" or "anonymous". One mention of the word can get their panties in a bunch and start baaaawing all over the forums or boards. You all just lost the game. | |
I have never seen The Escapist mentioned on /b/, just rule 34 of Yahtzee on /b/. Unfortunately news spreads quickly and we can expect they The Escapist gets trolled a lot soon by many Anonymous Sources. Great article though, it brought many lulz to me. | |
Yeah, this is terrible. This will probably just egg them on. I'll be expecting another raid soon. | |
The scifag raids crippled Anonymous by drawing in more outsiders than we could really handle. The going is slow, but the newfags are slowly (verrrrrry slowly) being weeded out of /b/. Give us time to recover as we fix our fucked up internal issues. And please no more articles about us. Also, while I am here, I would like to add that I'm never gonna give you up and than you just lost the game. | |
I'm always amazed that despite all of its phenomenal stupidity 4chan manages to retain proper spelling and punctuation for the most part. | |
nice. but it seems more about /b/'s yesterdays news. maybe you should have spoken on how 4chan hasnt been taken down concidering the crazy shit they've gone through over the years. | |
Well, yeah, but the FBI agents (Fucking FBI agents!) said something about how he was "Part of the internet hacker group annonymous." So, I figured I'd put both aspects. | |
From a sociological standpoint, doesn't /b/ sort of represent the perfect example of an entirely anarchistic 'organization'? By that I mean, a group entrenched in anarchy in every way (a continuous and spontaneous state of flux, with relation to their prescribed methodology, ideals, and ways of relating with even one another, let alone the outside world), as opposed to 60's activist groups that called themselves anarchist for blowing up consumer outlets and throwing blood on fur coats and stuff. | |
What? 9000?!? There's no way that can be right! | |
You mistake mockery for real stupidity, and memes for the spelling norm... | |
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What happens when the war against Serious Business becomes Serious Business itself? Steven Croop analyzes Project Chanology, Anonymous' now legendary battle against the Church of Scientology.
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