Wired has two stories about what the connectivity of the Internet has done to two very different social phenomena.
First, Will the Hatemongers Survive? Rightwing hate groups are evolving a new model in which their dirty work is done by “lone wolves”, individuals acting independently after having been inspired by the hatemonger’s justification and encouragement. The Internet is tailor-made to trawl in this way for adherents whle insulating the hate group from any direct connection to or legal liability for the actions committed in their name.

And Holy and Hooked Up in India tours the web presences of some of the “enlightened souls” at this year’s Kumbh Mela. By the way, the site has an incredible satellite photo (right) showing the dense mass of millions of people at the river bank at the start of the most sacred and busiest bathing day of the festival.