Teh interwebz r stoopid

Apparently even al-Qaeda can't run a message board that doesn't have flamewars.

...the, shall we say, quality of the contributions to these forums is not always the highest. I come across quite a bit of posturing and bravado in these forums, hating on 'enemies' and back-patting of 'allies'. The recent initiation of an 'al-Jazeera watch' feature on one of the forums tracking perceived slights and misrepresentation by the now maligned station reminds me of nothing so much as the partisan media criticism found on so many political blogs). There's a lot of posting of articles or news reports clipped from the media, with long comment threads of cheering or jeering. I remember seeing a bitter post on one of the main forums a few weeks ago (al-Boraq? I forget) complaining that the "internet jihad" had failed since the forum had degenerated into personal attacks and what we would call flame-wars.

Wonder if they break out the LOLCat macros that say "Fail" too.

Actually the above is from a pretty interesting analysis of the internet's role in al-Qaeda's agenda.