I frequent websites like 4chan, reddit, etc., and I'm becoming annoyed with a little trend I've seen recently. It's not the same as trolling, since the previous attackers did it just for the fun of it before. No, when I saw the plans for these attacks people have done (or planned to do), they legitimately tried to justify everything. It was pathetic. It was like a whole page that says "I want us all to do something petty, but please take me seriously!" If it was just for the lulz, I'd take it more seriously. But it strictly wasn't.
I never participated in any of the attacks. I just sit back, and think "seriously, guys?" One person says something uninformed on a website and all of a sudden we must all destroy that website? A website you use does something with information you gave it that is harmless, even though you may have not known about it? It's really weird to me. These communities pride themselves on being distanced, and freed from bad social norms that they mock/fight against (such as bullying), yet they exhibit the same stupid, irrational behavior that they send people death threats for.