Artifact #6: I Am Anonymous

The "I Am Anonymous" video started off with a great attention getting device of two men talking and at the end one of them screamed "4chan."  which made the viewer curious as to what this video was going to be about and made them want to keep watching.  The video was about a young man who started a website called TED, based off of a japanese website forum called 4chan.  This website is completely anonymous which allows users to post anything they like, such as pictures, videos, or blogs.  The fact that it is 100% anonymous, in my opinion, is a good thing as long as people are willing to take the repercussions of whatever they post.  For example, there was a video of a man abusing his cat that he posted on the website himself.  Other users were very upset about this video, so they began investigating to find out who the man was.  Within 24 hours they were able to figure out his name and after 2 days, he was arrested.  This just goes to show that no action will be left without some kind of response, so even though it is an anonymous website, they should be careful about what they post.  Whatever the user posts will remain on the website for a certain amount of time and then will be taken down.  This is a beneficial thing because it means that the conversations on the TED website is constantly changing and will always be interesting and up to date.  This website is really set apart from other websites today because so many now, are based on putting yourself out there.  There aren't many sites that are completely annonymous that can allow for people to just say whatever they want, which I think is cool.