Misogynist Trolls Have An Agenda, And It’s Not Lulz

[Decoy of Fenris]

91. I've read the article, and I've done similar to what's in it.

In games, I've helped destroy real life years of effort and time; I've scammed the equivalent of close to $80,000 worth of real money out of in-game groups, I've wiped out in-game livelihoods and structures that took a decade to come into being. I've worked alongside Anon and one of their subgroups, being a part of Project Chanology most notably. I've done my part to define certain aspects of the internet, both creating and disseminating memes, one in particular reaching megaviral status and is still in use at the moment.

Do you want to know why I, and others like me, do such things? It's very simple; Because we can.

-That- is what "For the lulz" means. Because it makes us laugh. I'm missing nothing, because I've been a part of exactly what the article describes. The two authors can attribute meaningless drivel to "Lulz" folks as much as they wish, but in the end, it's incredibly and utterly simple.

On the net, we have the power to do whatever we want. Any idle thought, any passing notion, all attainable with a whim and a few keystrokes. Whether we use our power for good or evil, assuming such arbitrary notions are a concern (Generally, they're not), is irrelevant in the matter.

I can see where the writers of the article might think they're on to something, and maybe they are, but what they don't understand is that it's far, far bigger than they think, and attempting to dissect one small corner of a phenomenon and claim truth is like trying to say that the entire universe is lifeless aside from Earth, simply because that's what we have observed.