On 06/01/14 01:23 PM, Felix Stalder wrote: > But this "rise and decline" meme is a typical media cycle.
This. > But, even if nobody would ever use the name Anonymous anymore, and all > the Guy Fawkes masks would rot in drawers around the world, what would > that mean? Decline? Of what exactly? Of an attractor which allowed > different actors to coalesce? What happens if a different one appears? > > I think Anonymous succeeded widely. It politicized a entire generation > of people who formed their values and expectations on the internet. Also this. That said, nothing is stopping anyone onlist from acting as Anonymous. I'm sure a way could be found for doing so to count as research points. - Rob. # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mx.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]
