Of course it's a group. A group whose main agitprop is that they "aren't" a group lol. We get all that. Um, they're a "loose movement that trades images" *cough*. They always appear and manifest and operate the same way. There is a core of known and indeed findable quantities some of whom victory dance and brag about their exploits. They have hangers-on and fanboyz and wannabees some of whom hold out. Then they have an exo-layer of gawkers. But it's a group. It's X quantity with Y features and Z actions. Always. And everywhere. And the same people. Close down 4chan.org, call in Huffpo's new (highly-paid?) advisor Christopher Poole to the police, and what it all concentrate their little minds wonderfully. The rage machine would die down in fear in 24 hours. The chief feature of the script kiddies is that they don't want to go to jailed; they don't even want to get b&. A generation not breastfed by their moms and neglected by their dads.

Oh, don't be silly. Of course they're a group. Group, group, group. A group of very definite people who aren't anonymous and who commit deliberate deeds. Under the law, they are a conspiracy, i.e. a group of people planning and executing crimes. They don't have to know anything more than each others' nicknames for that. They are a group. They sa And the media is whitewashing them terribly -- and so are many of you. http://3dblogger.typepad.com/wired_state/2010/12/major-media-white-washing-4chan-anonglobalpr-agitprop.html

Er, I don't need to download porn, hon. I think people should pay for their considerable downloads, however.