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Anonymous, the so called group of hackers on steriods was once a name to be feared. This idea of a super hacker group spread across the web and was the theme of many "memes". Over time the group became almost a legend and it wasn't long until someone tried to capitalize on that. Back in early 2008, Anonymous claimed it was going to take down an entire religion, Scientology. After a hateful campaign of ridiculing protests, hate calls and bomb threats and a brief DDOS attack that landed several of them in jail, the group suddenly faded away. For just a few months, people lined up behind this group, thinking it was a way to real power. However it wasn't long before their bluff was called. Under fear of lawsuits and prosecution, 4chan founder Moot quickly backed away from the anti-Scientology campaign and declared it cancer. Other chan website admins soon followed suit, knowing if Moot was afraid, they had better be too. After that the protest movement fell apart and only a handfull continue to claim to be Anonymous to this day. Their website is down more often than not and only boasts a fraction of the numbers they once had. Most experts agree that this number is inflated by the forum admins to keep the remaining few memebers from walking away back to their normal lives. Only a desperate few cling to the Anonymous movement now, and Scientology is still around and shows no sign of being destroyed. Clearly Anonymous was simply a paper tiger. If that is not enough to convince you of their toothlessness, look to the protests in Iran and the site they set up to help out. The protests in Iran were crushed, their site blocked and it is now even deader than the anti Scientology one. Iran is still ruled by the Ayatollah and Admahdinijad and once again Anonymous has failed to achieve their stated goals. Clearly many others are seeing the futility of running to jump on a powerless bandwagon and their more recent attempts to flood youtube and shut down Australia's government sites have failed comepletly. No one wants to be associated with losers and Anonymous certainly has it's share of losses. Time to put up the plastic masks and go home kids, the joke is over.