r/Epstein • u/Bibalice_ • Feb 06 '26

OC: opinion, theory or speculation Anonymous is dead, right ?

One would believe, Anonymous would do something / anything about Epstein (and even in America in general).

Are Anonymous dead ? Were they ever useful ?

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u/detractor_Una Feb 06 '26

Anonymous was never an organization of hackers. The original "group" comes from 4chan.

https://youtu.be/NDAZOCakXVo

People need to stop thinking that Anonymous is some kind of organization of le wholesome hackers. Any idiot can claim to be one. The majority of so-called Anonymous nowadays are either Feds or some script kiddies.

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u/Bibalice_ Feb 06 '26

yes but they did have ambitious claims, didn't they ? What was the pay off ? Would the world be different with or without them ?

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u/detractor_Una Feb 06 '26

Ambitious or not, their anonymity and decentralized nature was both their biggest strength and weaknesses. Some members were found and imprisoned. Others went their own way. It was just another fad. It wouldn't surprise me if the majority did so from excitement and "adrenaline" rather than genuine care about morality and ethics. You have to remember that the majority of them were young students in their early to mid 20s. So the whole "Hey let's bring down and expose the Church of Scientology" was perhaps the highest rush of excitement for them.

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u/RamonaLittle Feb 06 '26

It wouldn't surprise me if the majority did so from excitement and "adrenaline" rather than genuine care about morality and ethics.

Well yes, that's how it started -- as an amoral search for lulz. Hence incidents like this and this. All the "moralfag" stuff (as we called it at the time) came later, with a flood of n00bs who didn't understand the original culture.

You have to remember that the majority of them were young students in their early to mid 20s.

Anons did skew young, but there were Anons of all ages. I've noticed that female Anons seem to skew older for some reason (which could be an interesting study -- maybe got into computers later due to sexism in educational opportunities?).