Virtual war with their victories and defeats

The network sometimes unfolds entire detective stories, so in one of the materials on how things are going in the Russian segment of the World Wide Web, the author, on the example of one of the groups of a popular social network, told about a real virtual war with his victories and defeats.

Crime and Punishment, or Virtual War
The history of the official group of illusionists of the Safron Brothers VKontakte is very rich in manifestations of the psychology of online communities. The first team of administrators could not cope with the tasks of managing the group, Hamila participants and behaved inadequately, feeling a certain power. Then it was replaced by a new one, which immediately received the support of the participants. And it is not surprising - loyalty, support for discussions, organization of competitions and the provision of the latest information first-hand did the job. Do not forget the new administrators and creative impulses of fans, prompting them to action release their own animated series about the Safronov Brothers. Immediately gushing stream of poems, drawings and video experiments of participants.

Discussions rushed at the speed of the machine gun. Many did not have time to update the browser page to stay up to date. For a time having forgotten about the role of creators and consumers of information, the participants turned into real detective stories. They worked on various versions of who was responsible for the attack on the group, restored the sequence of its blocking and, most importantly, thought about what to do next. As a result, the victory once again remained on the side of the official group. The page was re-hacked to return to the legal owner, and the group was unblocked. A little later, these events formed the basis of the cartoon "Crime and Punishment" of one of the most active participants - Angelina Doroshko.
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And how many similar battles, battles, battles, victories and defeats are unknown to the absolute majority. How often we hear about DOS attacks, about how fraudsters hack other people's resources and how it affects our life offline.