It's kinda funny my GF saw this on reddit a few weeks back and yell for me to "Come see it". She points at one of the guys and says that' is XXXX from college, a former bar hopping drinking buddy.

I say no way.

Sure enough...a couple of Facebook wall posts later his secret identity has been outed.

Could Batman exist in a world with social media?

My first reaction is that it makes me want to be a real-life super villain. Unfortunately for me, I have neither the time or the evilness to do so. Unfortunately for them, there are others that will have both.

Is this related??

"Police alerted to 'superheroes' patrolling Seattle"

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1923355

This looks like a very productive movement which can create extremely positive results... until some caped guy gets stabbed or shot.

In an effort to curtail the problem, criminals have started the one bullet per super hero project.

See also: http://www.zerotosuperhero.com