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Once upon a time, the Anonymous Collective was a mighty, anarchistic troll army with strong ties to [[b/|/b/]] that was feared both by the [[internets]] and [[IRL|the world at large]]. Many [[lulz]] were had raiding sites, [[Alexis Pilkington Syndrome|bringing grief to grieving families]], [[Justin Bieber Hates Koreans|tormenting celebrities]], calling out [[feminists]] on their [[bullshit]], and, through it all, zero fucks were given by the [[Anons]]. During this period, [[Encyclopedia Dramatica]] felt no need to report fully on Anonymous, for no report was necessary. Later in Anonymous' history, they became well known throughout the world as a [[Basement-dwelling|shadowy]], [[Hacktivism|hacktivist]] collective, who, through means of [[DDoS|packets]] (read: [[LOIC]]), protesting, and [[SQL Injection|web defacement]] worked to defend and preserve such ideologies as free speech, freedom of the press, etc. This began to change around 2011, when [[Sabu]], [[Faggot|chief]] of the Anonymous [[Skript kiddie|strong arm division]] known as [[Lulzsec]], ratted out his fellow [[Faggots|members]] to the [[FBI]], and over the next few years most of them all took a ride in the [[party van]]. The slow but inevitable downward spiral of the once feared and respected Anonymous into a bunch of [[whiny]], [[Guy Fawkes|mask wearing]], [[Fedora|fedora-fag]] college students who think they are [[USI|better than everyone else]] and [[No|making a difference in the world]] was underway.

Today, Anonymous mainly consists of the lowest breed of [[Social Justice Warriors]], who are as [[sad]] and [[pathetic]] as any of the writers on [[Jezebel]] or [[Salon]]. Any [[libtard]] who downloads a [[Low Orbit Ion Cannon]] or guesses a poorly contrived [[Twitter]] password thinks of himself as a mighty Anon Warrior while accomplishing nothing of any notoriety or value. Just so that the [[Jews]] at [[Know Your Meme]] cannot claim that they are the only site with "credible information" on the elevation, accomplishments (for better or worse, depending on point of view), and decline of Anonymous, the internet's [[Encyclopedia Dramatica|premier source for online information]] presents this article.

What?

The easiest of these puzzles to solve would be: "What is Anonymous?"

First and foremost, Anonymous is NOT a group, or an organization, or coherent collective of any sort. Anonymous is a group of Hack-Fags and Script Kiddies who wanted to troll people and gave us some of the Lulz but in the end turned into neckbeards and triggly puffs using outdated 2006 Emo-Teen Fag agendas of usurping corporation and taking down the Government. Annonymous at large is a group of Script-Kiddies who major Spam system and puts pr0n or some gay shiet on the Interwebz. Encountering any of their supporter or fans you will encounter hispanic or itlalian immigrants who take the few minutes of peace they have between picking strawberries and selling drugs to type comment such as. "OMG WE R HERO" "PLZ TECH ME 2 HACH" " WE R ANUNNYMOUS WE CHANGE DA WORLD.".

A brief history of Anonymous

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The word "Anonymous" originated from the *[[chan]] scene, which most readers probably know by now. Anonymous simply was anyone choosing to post as Anon on any given imageboard (as there were multiple "big" ones [[2004|back in the day]]).

[[4chan]] was founded on October 3, 2003 and for its first few years was yet another e-base for [[Rozen Maiden|all things weeaboo]] (and was almost completely destroyed by the [[GNAA]] in its early years). Here the first incarnation of Anonymous rose, among the endless posting of [[Desu]] and [[Mai Waifu]]. The GNAA and [[YTMND]] influences brought in a troll spirit to the boards of 4chan, primarily /b/ who began such early "invasions" and trolls such as cyberman and numerous conquests of (at the time) similar web venture [[Gaia Online]].

Such actions became a favorite pastime of /b/, leading to bigger and better trolls to the likeness of [[Pools Closed]] and [[Harry Potter]]. No better man could explain this era of Anon than Phil Shuman in the infamous [[HACKERS ON STEROIDS]] news report (protip: that "former hacker" is [[Alex Wuori]]):

One classic series of raids of this time being those on white nationalist turned informant [[Hal Turner]]. It was then that the moral side of Anonymous and 4chan began to flourish, taking pride in subtly attacking a man for his racist values as oppose to doing it strictly [[for the lulz]].

More troll targets and trolls came and went, including [[Tom Green]] and Girl Talk, [[Wikifur]], and [[Grawp]]. However in the year 2008, in the midst of the [[SOHH]] defacement and [[Epilepsy Forums]] invasion, [[Project Chanology]] began. Such was the birth of the "mainstream anonymous", who worked for good and media attention via protests and firing their [[LOIC]] at seemingly random targets.

Skip ahead to 2010 and the birth of [[AnonOps]], Anonymous is now known by the masses as a force for moral justice through destructive means (and carrying around those stupid [[irony|Guy Fawkes masks]]).

Who?

There are many distinct flavors of anons, all of which can be found below.

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[[Newfag|The Newfag]]
|[[b|/b/]]
[[KYM]]
[[I Can Has Cheezburger?|Cheezburger Network]]
|[[Raids]], [[Memes]], [[Cancer]]
|The newfag has newly discovered the presence of e-culture. They are dumbfounded by such discoveries, and thus can turn in any given direction, but for the time being are known for their abuse of meme-spam and breakings of [[Rules 1 and 2]]. See also: [[Mercedes Haefer]], a prime example of a newfag.
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[[Oldfag|The Oldfag]]
|[[v|/v/]]
[[420chan]]
[[7chan]]
|Reminiscing about a fucking internet imageboard like a faggot.
|The Oldfag was once a newfag, and likely either a moral or /i/ fag, but now has found [[irl|more productive ways of spending their time]] than epic times oti. Probably hangs out on /v/, 7chan, 8chan or other forgotten imageboards discussing how cool /b/ was X many years ago.
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[[i/|The /i/nsurgent]]
|[[i|/i/]]
[[partyvan.info]]
|[[Raids]], [[Spam]], [[Dumbass|Ordering Pizza]]
|The /i/nsurgent has one purpose: to cause as much grief as possible. Developed from overzealous raid-newfags, they eventually picked up enough [[CSIII]] knowledge to control a [[botnet]] or preform a simple [[crapflood]]. Although /i/ is dead, the /i/nsurgent brand lives on, always willing to completely demolish random furries or youtube vloggers who stand in the way of Anon's e-domination.
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[[Moralfag|The Moralfag]]
|[[AnonOps]]
[[Whatistheplan]]
|[[Occupy|Occupying]], [[STFU|Shouting memes at people]], [[Protest|Protesting]]
|The Moralfag is the more media-friendly side of the Anonymous legion. Encouraged by self-gratifying pats on the back, the moralfag army continues to operate much like evolved-newfags, only semi-organized. They are incredibly annoying, mostly neckbeard fedora-fags that post on [[Reddit]].

[[Faggotry|Moral Crusades:]]
*[[Operation Chanology]] (This was originally meant to be a troll but the stupid dumb newfag scum took it seriously, thus creating the moralfag anon.)
*Taking down [[Wikipedia:Freedom Hosting|Freedom Hosting]] at Tor in "Operation Darknet"
*Fighting ISIS (https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/anonymous-opparis-hacktivists-publish-noobs-guide-fighting-isis-online-1529173" class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400 hover:underline" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#OpParis - in reaction to [[Sandniggers in Paris]])
*Being pro- (https://redpill.booru.org/index.php?page=post&s=list&tags=%23opnatsoc" class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400 hover:underline" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#OpNatSoc) or anti-Nazi (https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/anonymous-spank-naughty-neo-nazis-opblitzkrieg-hack-275692" class="text-indigo-600 dark:text-indigo-400 hover:underline" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#OpBlitzKrieg)
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[[Chan|The Channer]]
|/a/
/cg/
/mu/
[[Shit no one cares about|all other non-notable boards]]
|Posting
|The *Channer, while far less notable, remains an important part of the Anonymous backbone. They are, much like Anon himself, one and many, driven without a purpose (other than fapping to hentai on a daily basis) they continuously spend day after day driving the force of the imageboard scene.
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Why?

In the past, depending on who one asks, they would have received one of two answers regarding the motives of Anonymous. These being either "[[I did it for the lulz]]" or some bullshit about securing a future for generations to come free from oppressive government rule. Because Anon has no face or name, its actions could not be truly justified or understood.

Of course, that was in the past. As noted in the beginning of this article, Anonymous is a sad shell of its former self. The only motivation it has now is to turn the entire internet into a collective [[hugbox]], removing any and all lulz, and making it a [[Safe Space]] that [[Anita Sarkeesian]] and [[Brianna Wu]] would be proud to call home. R.I.P., Old Anonymous.

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|A bunch of quirky middle-class kids.|The Times
|Yes, I am a Scientologist. Anonymous is harassing us and making us look bad in the media, and after all this criminal activity, all you can say is LULZ?|Mary, a butthurt Scifag commenter on evolvedrational.com.
|Write a wise saying and your name will live forever.|Anonymous
|They are hackers on steroids, treating the Web like a real-life video game, sacking Web sites, creating chaos and disrupting innocent people's lives.|[[Fox News|Fox 11 News]]; Moar liek Faux [[Jews]], amirite?
|Cyberbullies are now meeting in secret and planning their attacks.|[[Fox News|Fox 11 News]]
|This is no different than other forms of organized crime.|[[Fox News|Ron Astor]]
|DESPICABLE, SLIMY, SCUMMY|[[Bill O'Reilly]]
|THE VOICE OF NONE IS STRONGER THAN THE VOICE OF ONE.|Anonymous
|[[Time Cube|ANONYMOUS IS THE CREATOR...THE CREATOR OF LIFE, DEATH, AND NEVER-ENDING HUMILIATION...ANONYMOUS IS KEY, THE ALL MIGHTY, THE HOLY SON...ANONYMOUS IS L.O.L'S...ANONYMOUS IS THE UNEXPECTED EXPECTED. ANONYMOUS IS GOD!!! NOT I, BUT WE ARE ANONYMOUS.]]|ANONYMOUS
|Then Jesus asked him, "What is your name?"
"My name is Legion," he replied, "for we are many."|The Bible, Mark 5:9
|"Anonymous" is the name assigned to a poster who does not enter text in to the [Name] field. Anonymous is not a single person, but rather, represents the collective whole of 4chan. He is a god amongst men. Anonymous invented the Moon, assassinated former President David Palmer, and is also harder than the hardest metal known to man: diamond. His power level is rumored to be over nine thousand. He currently resides with his auntie and uncle in a town called Bel-Air (however, he is West Philadelphia born and raised). He does not forgive.|4chan FAQ}}

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See Also

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*[[Anonymous Borg]]
*[[AnonymousThought]]
*[[Basement-dweller]]- Calling yourself a "member" of Anonymous means you are probably also a basement-dweller.
*[[Epic Fail Guy]]
*[[Ernest Peters]] - The victim of a backraid by Anonymous on 30th October 2007.
*[[Facefag]]
*[[Final Boss of the Internet]]
*[[Forced anon]]
*[[HACKERS ON STEROIDS]]
*[[Hal Turner]] - A white supremacist [[lolcow]] who had his online radio show raided by Anonymous.
*[[Hunter Fyffe]] - A fat white kid who Anonymous ordered several pizzas for on Oct. 20th 2009 after he ruined the RIP Kanye West Twitter Prank. Efforts remain to this day to make him suffer
*[[INTERNET HATE MACHINE]]
*[[Internet Vigilante]]
*[[Jake Brahm]] - 4channer who messed with Football.
*[[Marcab Confederacy]]
*[[Operation Madeupname]]
*[[Operation Titstorm]]
*[[Patriotic Nigras]]
*[[Scientology]]
*[[Script kiddie]]
*[[Self aware]]
*[[Serial killer]]
*[[Independence Day Invasion]]
*[[The Caturday Nap]] - October 20th, 2007. The battle of Anonymous vs. Anonymous.
*[[The Great Habbo Raid of July 2006]]
*[[The Internet is serious business]]
*[[The Well-Cultured Anonymous]]
*[[Troll]]
*[[Uncle Anon]]
*[[V]]
*[[William Tecumseh Sherman]]- Spiritual forefather of Anonymous.
*[[ZanderJGavin]] - The Voice of Anonymous.
*[[Avery Chicoine]] - Stalked by Anonymous for being a [[pedo]]phile.

Unrelated Articles

*[[Anne Onymous]]
*[[Alcoholics Anonymous]]
*[[John Solomon]] - An Anonymous troll of online comics who became a Namefag to be taken seriously.

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