Re:Apparently AT&T has started blocking 4chan
by vaksel on Sunday July 26, 2009 @10:45PM
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when people say 4chan, they don't mean 4chan the company, they mean the thousands of people with skills to make your life a living hell.
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Re:Apparently AT&T has started blocking 4chan
by jonny_noog on Monday July 27, 2009 @01:27AM
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Indeed. They usually mean ... * cue dramatic music * ... Anonymous.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_%28group%29
Though I'm not sure if I would go so far as to say "the thousands of people with skills to make your life a living hell", I would probably have said "the thousands of people with the time to make your life a living hell". I don't think many of them are that skilled.
Also, because of their antics, they have the ability to generate a large amount of press. This is probably more important than any actual damage they could do.