Anonymous Trolls Oprah

Oprah Crusades for CP Law - And Gets Pwned

This week Oprah has been harping on her viewers to call Congress to voice their support for Senate Bill 1738 - The PROTECT Our Children Act.

On her Monday show, she even shared chilling messages posted to her Oprah.com message board. She quoted these postings as "evidence" of how internet predators are organized in their sick, evil pursuits. Have a look:

"If you still don't understand what our children are up against, let me read you something that was posted on our message boards from someone who claims to be a member of a known pedophile network. It said this, he doesn't forgive, he doesn't forget. His people have over 9,000 penises and they're all raping children. So, I want you to know they're organized and they have systematic ways of hurting children."

For those of you who are up on your internet memes, you'll instantly recognize the creed of Anonymous (Steroidus Hacktococi), "We do not forgive, we do not forget" and the ancient meme "it's over 9,000!!!!" These are some serious lulz.

The Lulz Are Over 9,000

Remember, trolls will say whatever it takes to get a reaction out of you. The more dramatic and outrageous the reaction, the lulzier (funnier) it is for us. And Oprah sure did deliver! Right there on her TV show, for millions to see, Oprah Winfrey cited a bogus message board entry as hardcore evidence of how evil predators are. Oprah, did you learn nothing from your James Frey incident? You need to research this stuff before you put it out there! As of this moment, you're as bad as that crazy family member who forwards every bogus e-mail scare that Snopes debunked years ago. If you're not careful, your personal army is going to ignore your ranting.

And now that Oprah has fallen for it once, Anonymous will be coming after her in ways she cannot predict to get as many lulz as they can. Expect them.

Oprah Needs Help

I would totally go on the Oprah show to explain trolling and the wild side of the Internet. If one little troll can humiliate Oprah's crusade this much, then this is something people need to know about.

Dr. Phil wanted to have me on his show to talk about the Craigslist Experiment and to put me face-to-face with some of the guys who "participated" in it. I said, "no, thanks. I don't think an appearance like that on the Dr. Phil show would be very productive." Dr. Phil is all about sensationalizing interpersonal drama for cheap ratings. He doesn't actually help anyone.

But, Oprah! Oprah is a different story! She's classy. She probably wouldn't get it, but it would be fun to try to explain it to her. Call me, k?

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