“In other words, what allowed LulzSec to flourish eventually destroyed it. The same dynamic is true of Anonymous, the broader hacking group that has now become associated with the Guy Fawkes mask used in Alan Moore’s comic V for Vendetta. It emerged from the anarchic bulletin board 4Chan, but soon left – because, as Biella Coleman notes, “4Chan really is anonymous. You can’t accrue reputation and the technical architecture really enforces that.” Activism is utterly impossible if you have no way of keeping track of your fellow activists and of forming even weak ties with them.”