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(seconding your claim that this is an interesting new social dynamic)

In the quasi-whimsical view of Anonymous as a legitimate internet-dwelling mentality, it's these definedly group actions act actually constitute the speech (a vector of communication) for that entity. Every textual or video message signed "Anonymous" is quickly interpreted as the speech of an individual or small group of collaborating authors, relatable on human terms. The attacks, despite their sit-in level overall effectiveness, are inherently aggregate, as opposed to that-13-year-old or that-15-year-old-and-his-botnet.