Terrorism
From HoboWars
General Concept
Board terrorism is a dynamically coordinated, non-central operation which uses "Legal by a technicality". Usually this involves some of the following operations:
- Organized Message Board posting of topics closely related to each other, either filling the page or creating an obstacle to reading.
- Coordinated strikes against specific threads or users, including stalking.
And many other operations. The general modulus operandi of these groups is that of a partisan army; non-traditional decentralized planning and organization, a high level of individual independence coupled with a strong sense of comradeship between members and a central goal common to everyone within the organization.
Cracking down on these organizations is nigh impossible, and their actual membership is near impossible to actually know. No actual Member List exists for them, only how to pass information along. Said information on operations is passed discreetly and anonymously between members until fully distributed, allowing perfect denialability between members.
Actions & Operations
Most operations are subtle and for the most part unnoticed until they have already come to maturity. Most objectives vary between groups, but generally include disruption of some other activity through underground means and/or coordinated verbal attacks on certain threads or persons.
Often times members have no idea what they are participating in, only what they are supposed to do and when. Catching the actual actions of these groups, and banning members for their actions, is quite a challenge.
An example is shown below.
