Anonymous announces its plan to destroy facebook

[LuckyClover95]

Why can't they take down pro-ana sites or something, the security is low and unprofessional and it would do a lot more good. Plus, they're depressingly easy to find.
OR, take down a site that's racist like the KKK site (I think there's one) or a homophobic site.
I keep thinking of the good they can do, but they're choosing facebook :/

Because it's high profile and because Facebook commonly breaches the security of it's users, see the stupid "let's post their location without telling them!" fun they pulled a few months back.

I dislike Facebook, really fucking hate it actually. I only use it for work purposes and if I could I'd never touch it again. I get that other people like it though so I'd never do this but a big part of me is rooting for them. Zuckerberg has consistently shown himself to be a horrible example of a human being, Facebook has breached privacy on so many counts and is disgusting in it's dealings with third parties. Much as I feel for all the teen girls who'll be upset I can't help but think bringing down Facebook would be fucking brilliant.

Haha, I would be one of those upset teenage girls
Did you see the social network? I thought it'd be about how people tried to stop Zuckerberg and how the world was against him etc, but when I watched it (although I'm aware it's not 100% accurate, biased and dramatised) I just thought WHAT A DICK.

 

[AnarchistFish]

I think this is the first time I've ever wanted Anonymous to succeed.

I think this is the first time I've ever wanted Anonymous to fail

 

[ikabodjohn]

i say go for it, good luck to 'em.

 

[Spambot 3000]

I find Facebook more convenient/appropriate than e-mail/Tumblr/Twitter.
This just sounds facist to me. (Well anon isn't being violent or anything, but yeaaaaaaah).

 

[Voration]

Anonymous, one issue I can think of here: what about the rest of anonymous who may actually like Facebook? You are only as powerful as the people who support you

 

[The Woolly One]

I can't take it seriously when they use the same voice as Chief from Arby 'n' Chief.

I don't understand the point of what they're doing. They say they are for the freedom of information, but are stopping Facebook because it is giving out information. Well done anonymous. And what actually is their plan? Take down Facebook for a couple of days and annoy some people? That's all that will happen. That's all that ever happens when anonymous does something. They should use their talents to uncover corruption and things like that, not target a website that is actually pretty useful.

Also, that intro sequence was pretty pretentious.

Finally, why are they giving a warning? It just gives Facebook time to increase their already substantial security.

 

[BiscuitTrouser]

Come on Anon! Use you're powers for good and take out ED or Topix!

ED doesn't exist anymore, the asshole who ran it turned it into a SFW website so he (or she?) could sell it off.

Thats not what im seeing. I clicked random page and got a massive picture of a penis. Then of a demotivational picture for "raep" with an included picture that was just lovely... so no. NOT safe for work.

OT:
Why does everyone want facebook dead... i dont like it, others do. Let them have it. Why does everyone CARE SO FUCKING MUCH what other people like to the point where they actively encourage it to be destroyed. Are you fucking two? What the hell is this shit. This is justin beiber/ any pop culture icon hate hipster bullcrap. "U NO LIKE WHAT I LIKE BURN BURN BURN OMFG HE DOESNT LIKE WHAT I LIKE"

Grow up. You sound infantile.

 

[Hugga_Bear]

Why can't they take down pro-ana sites or something, the security is low and unprofessional and it would do a lot more good. Plus, they're depressingly easy to find.
OR, take down a site that's racist like the KKK site (I think there's one) or a homophobic site.
I keep thinking of the good they can do, but they're choosing facebook :/

Because it's high profile and because Facebook commonly breaches the security of it's users, see the stupid "let's post their location without telling them!" fun they pulled a few months back.

I dislike Facebook, really fucking hate it actually. I only use it for work purposes and if I could I'd never touch it again. I get that other people like it though so I'd never do this but a big part of me is rooting for them. Zuckerberg has consistently shown himself to be a horrible example of a human being, Facebook has breached privacy on so many counts and is disgusting in it's dealings with third parties. Much as I feel for all the teen girls who'll be upset I can't help but think bringing down Facebook would be fucking brilliant.

Haha, I would be one of those upset teenage girls
Did you see the social network? I thought it'd be about how people tried to stop Zuckerberg and how the world was against him etc, but when I watched it (although I'm aware it's not 100% accurate, biased and dramatised) I just thought WHAT A DICK.

I'm afraid I haven't but to my knowledge it's biased in his favour....heh.

I know a lot of people use it and yeah it is a shitty thing to do but I'll be damned if I'm not cheering em on.

It's not because I don't like it, it's because they consistently break trust, they consistently open holes in their security to allow information to leak that shouldn't (aforementioned was them showing where you are when you log on. They did this without telling you and without updating. I have people on my facebook who must be on there for the purposes of my work. I DO NOT WANT THEM TO KNOW WHERE I LIVE. But of course, fuck me I'm just a person, everyone wants to know where everyone is! It's not stalking if it's the internet )

So, it's not because people don't like them it's really not that doesn't bother me. It's because Facebook and Zuckerberg consistently breach the trust and security of it's/his users. If they're 'dumb enough' to sign up or not that's shitty and it's what Anonymous goes after.

As for the forewarning, it's Anonymous, they like to be all dramatic and shizz.

 

[TheHighDino]

No Anonymous! Nooo! Facebook is cool... Take down Google + or Twitter... Just not Facebook..

 

[funguy2121]

OP's link claims that Anonymous was behind the PSN going down, which everyone knows it was not.

The robot guy in the video has a point. Zuckerberg has 750 million people by the balls.

 

[Synyster]

Have they nothing better to do? That's all I can really think when I read about these folks.

No we really don't

 

[funguy2121]

nov 5
I feel like a huge hipster for knowing why that is their date

Um, no, you're just one of millions of people who watched a movie.

Remember, remember, the fifth of April. Or something.

 

[cobra_ky]

Why can't they take down pro-ana sites or something, the security is low and unprofessional and it would do a lot more good. Plus, they're depressingly easy to find.
OR, take down a site that's racist like the KKK site (I think there's one) or a homophobic site.
I keep thinking of the good they can do, but they're choosing facebook :/

because those sites have nothing to do with their cause of protecting the freedom of speech and privacy.

Why does everyone want facebook dead... i dont like it, others do. Let them have it. Why does everyone CARE SO FUCKING MUCH what other people like to the point where they actively encourage it to be destroyed. Are you fucking two? What the hell is this shit. This is justin beiber/ any pop culture icon hate hipster bullcrap. "U NO LIKE WHAT I LIKE BURN BURN BURN OMFG HE DOESNT LIKE WHAT I LIKE"

Grow up. You sound infantile.

The difference is that i can easily ignore Justin Bieber. (well, at least until i clicked the red button.) i dislike facebook, but i can't ignore it because it's the only site offering the service i'm looking for: access to my friends. i'd love to switch over to google+, because i think it's better designed, but until it has a userbase that can compete with facebook it's not going to fulfill that desire. and as long as facebook has that monopoly over social networking, they have no real incentive to make decisions in the interest of their users rather than their bottom line.

 

[Synyster]

nov 5
I feel like a huge hipster for knowing why that is their date

Um, no, you're just one of millions of people who watched a movie.

Remember, remember, the fifth of April. Or something.

or anyone who knows anything about history

 

[w00tage]

Well, the only reason I joined Facebook was so I could comment on this site for stuff like ExtraCredits. Anonymous, good luck.

That's changed now. I stopped commenting on everything because if you use Facebook, it's a way for MZ to track you and sell that information, or use it to blackmail you for access to your poodle's back end, or whatever.

However, now when you click the Comments, you are taken to the appropriate forum post for that episode.
Thanks for changing that back Escapist!

 

[DarksideFlame]

Well, this will certainly be exciting if this attack will be on the same scale as the PSN outage

 

[Sovvolf]

nov 5
I feel like a huge hipster for knowing why that is their date

Um, no, you're just one of millions of people who watched a movie.

Remember, remember, the fifth of April. Or something.

or anyone who knows anything about history

Or anyone who lives in Briton...

 

[luvd1]

Awwww. Remember, remember the 5th of November. Gunpowder, treason and plot. I can not reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.

 

[Sovvolf]

Awwww. Remember, remember the 5th of November. Gunpowder, treason and plot. I can not reason why the gunpowder treason should ever be forgot.

I remember the gunpowder plot, it was a bunch of terrorists who thought the best way of dealing with people they didn't like would be to murder them by blowing a building up that would probably have contained a bunch of innocent people that would have been killed in the process.

Though I also remember he failed, got arrested, executed and in my Country we throw him on a bonfire every 5th of November for the troubles.

 

[Trippy Turtle]

Anonymous is hilarious because its is anyone anywhere. I really hope they do this though. Facebook is evil.