Maybe they're not afraid, or changing tactics, or gonna lay low for a while then rise up again. Maybe, if they are leaving, they just got bored? Trolling is only fun for a small while, and, then, only when you're the one doing the trolling. Once people bigger and stronger than you start to push their weight, it quickly becomes tedious and boring. They had their 15 minutes. They were, at their pinnacle, one of the most popular "organizations" in the world-- for months. Now they're bored. Their need for popularity has been satiated. Time to go. They'll still be there. They'll still hack. I doubt this is the end. In a year they'll start remembering all the shit they caused and get to wondering if they could do it again. It's possible that some of them won't want to come back cause they'll have moved on, and that's probably when they'll turn the others in. Boredom is a powerful motivator.

While I did graduate from High School, I didn't get through college. The university I was going to (UTSA) decided to cancel the program I was just about to head into right before my Junior year. I came home intending to spend a semester working and gathering myself before heading back to school. While home, I got a job entering legal information for an Oil and Gas Contracting company-- easy and simple. Yet that job soon ended, and I tagged on with the next, where I got to start working more in depth with leases. Didn't have enough experience, so I got on as a scanner where I'm currently employed (and typing). It didn't require much technical experience, but I still learned. A year later I was promoted to a Lease Specialist. Four years later, I'm still working for that same company. I have a job, and it pays pretty well. I have full benefits. Never graduated from school-- Why would I quit a good job to go to school for the chance to get a good job? They've since hired two college grads that at the time made more than me, straight out of school. I've gotten promoted since, however, where they are waiting for their experience to equal their titles.. But given the economy, and some problems with other workers, we haven't hired anyone with less than 10 years experience, full time, in 3 years. I've since spoken with numerous other Managers who said they'd hire me on the spot. I have 5 years of experience in a field, where there's a fairly steep learning curve (not that most people here couldn't do it). But it's been my experience that experience > college. I've had several friends get college degrees, and they're working at best buy, and at starbucks-- one at an Old Navy. A couple of them try to get into other businesses, but no one will hire them. While the degree thing may have been important a few years ago, I believe, these days, its importance has been dramatically reduced. People would hire someone with 4 years technical experience, than someone with a bachlors degree and none. And if you have 8-10 years experience, that looks pretty good when compared to a candedate with a graduates degree. And saves you the paying back of the loans.