Twitter Suspends Anonymous’ Most Popular Account, @YourAnonNews

http://betabeat.com/2012/12/twitter-suspends-anonymous-most-popular-account-youranonnews/

by kennedysgarage • 14 years ago

78 36 14 years ago

sharkweek• 14 years ago

Seems to be still there for me? -- https://twitter.com/YourAnonNews

kamjam2• 14 years ago

Read the update at the bottom stating the reason for the account suspension, and from that i would gather they had the account reinstated.

michaelbuckbee• 14 years ago

There have been more updates (and I can't find the reason) - why were they suspended?

iomike• 14 years ago

they're back

hnriot• 14 years ago

I'm glad they are back. We need more people to stand up to religious fanatic hate groups like the Westboro Baptist morons.

wyclif2• 14 years ago

"Hate group under the guise of religion." Fixed that for you. Sorry, but I've got no patience for religion-bashing on HN.

danielweber2• 14 years ago

I know "if you ignore them, they will go away" is cliche, but it's really true for WBC. Don't organize counter-protests, just ignore them completely, and they will evaporate into the ether.

thwest• 14 years ago

Agreed, because religion, like technology, is a pure force for good that could not possibly be exploited for nefarious purposes. I bet if you asked a WBC member they would actually be uncertain and confused about their faith! It's not like the organization actually mirrors the power structure of pastor explaining a holy text to his flock.

(Sarcasm aside, its totally possible for a word like "religion" to contain contradictions and you aren't adding anything to the debate with a claim about who is "actually religious" and who is "guised as religious". If they claim it it's theirs.)

aaronblohowiak• 14 years ago

I think "religious fanatic" is not bashing non-fanatic religious followers, as fanatic necessarily indicates an excess of "single-minded zeal".

dmm• 14 years ago

They may be a hate group but they are definitely religious.

Check out the IAmA of a former member:

""" Very little I miss. It was so destructive and took years to undue. I have talked about the sense of security and belonging I can recall feeling from time to time when we were having church services on Sunday evenings. Something about being tucked in that building that's half buried and feeling like we're the only one's that god loves...it's hard to articulate. """

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/v99eg/iaman_exmember_o...

ryguytilidie3• 14 years ago

You made a typo when you meant to type "I've got no patience for people rightfully insulting a group of people spreading hate" and seemed to have typed some nonsense instead.

harshreality• 14 years ago

I don't think that you understand very clearly what a Personal-God-based religion is, then.

drivebyacct22• 14 years ago

No true scotsman, good to see that's still being touted. I'm going to go out on a limb and guess you've never even bothered to read their FAQ because no one would make the silly mistake of implying that their preaching comes from anything but religion.

jrogers65• 14 years ago

There is a correlation between being very religious and being a criminal.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlates_of_crime#Religion

Not that it implies causation but food for thought.

thoughtcriminal• 14 years ago

The only power the WBC ever have is the power you give them. Stop making them an issue and they will stop being an issue.

It's rediculous how a little group can garner so much attention. You give it to them.

ryguytilidie3• 14 years ago

Seems like a pretty simplistic way to think about it. Before the cameras were there I assume they were still picketing funerals right?

patmcguire• 14 years ago

I always thought of them more as attention whores than a real hate group.

Why do they only show up whenever there's already massive media attention? Sure, they hate gays, but what does that have to do with any of their protests? Either they keep happening to genuinely believe that the latest tragedy is what's most offensive to God or they just love being in the spotlight and poking people in the eye and use religion as a pretext.

It'd be better if instead of vilifying and hacking them, once again giving them play in the media, everyone would just ignore them.

duaneb3• 14 years ago

> It'd be better if instead of vilifying and hacking them, once again giving them play in the media, everyone would just ignore them.

I think the people at the funerals would disagree. This is far too personal for them to be considered media whores.

genwin• 14 years ago

> Why do they only show up whenever there's already massive media attention? Sure, they hate gays, but what does that have to do with any of their protests?

The usual: money. They make $$$$ from suing people who illegally block their protests. They probably don't hate gays at all. More likely it's a family business.

ianstallings• 14 years ago

I worry about anonymous just because it seems like a growing trend to try and squash dissenting opinion using "digital force". Part of me inside says this is just the target getting what's coming to it. Sweet revenge. But part of me says this is not how we should voice our dissent.

gimbuser• 14 years ago

True democracy and free speech is a great idea, but in practice it is a disaster :/ Morons ruin it for everybody...

Falling3• 14 years ago

I understand the free speech angle; I really do... but in what insane dictionary does protesting the funerals of murdered children count as dissent?

drivebyacct22• 14 years ago

I'm so tired of writing this. Gay guy, lived in Topeka for 22 years. They don't give a shit if you take down their Twitter feed or their website. It's immature, it's childish. It puts more of their rhetoric in the minds of more people.

It's what they want. I'm glad that we all think they're despicable but I'm kind of tired of the circle jerk of people thinking they're actors of social change by laughing at their online presence being hacked.

cllns• 14 years ago

Just a theory, Twitter could support Anonymous and suspended their account very temporarily to attract more press for the YourAnonNews account.

I don't necessarily I believe that, but it's a possibility.

Twitter Suspends Anonymous’ Most Popular Account, @YourAnonNews

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