4chan not at fault for Emma threats

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

14. Not necessarily - I was actually just pointing out

that outrage should be aimed at the people who actually do the things for which that outrage occurs.

It is perfectly acceptable to be outraged over the actual release of private nude photos, for instance. And the people who populate the /b/ subforum of 4chan.org were happily onboard with that. They just weren't behind the 'threat website' aimed at Emma Watson.

And, in fact, there were postings that showed they had already figured out the 'rantic' link at least a half day before the supposed new pics were to be released, which makes one wonder if, had someone not figured out that link, the website would have remained a simple attempt to cast '4chan' as being the people making 'terroristic threats' against Emma Watson for speaking out on the need for men to embrace and understand feminism. It might well have simply remained a false flag operation, rather than, after the link was discovered, switching over to be a 'call to shut down 4 chan'.

Either way, the Emma site was a blatant attempt to fan the flames of outrage against the 4chan website, rather than an outrage perpetrated by the 4chan website.