This is the best article on Anonymous I have ever read.  The best part about it is that it comes from a former douchebag who previously attacked Anonymous, but has taken the mantra of LURK MOAR to heart.

I’ve been researching this question, and I have come up with some very interesting answers. I even had the opportunity to exclusively interview some of the Anonymous members who will, of course, remain anonymous. For starters, Anonymous doesn’t appear to be a “what”. Rather, not a single “what”. The makeup is more a loose confederation than a group with a defined edge. The outline is fuzzy, as well as the purpose.

If you look through media reporting over the last year, you will no doubt come away with one of two definitions of Anonymous. Either you’ll think they are a left-wing protest group who engages in online activity, or you’ll think they are a fearsome group of hackers and cyber-bullies, who sometimes protest. Neither of these definitions is correct. In fact, in many ways, no definition is correct.

Read moar of Caleb Howe’s excellent article on AOL’s Political Machine here.

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