"[1] Netochka Nezvanova has been described by cultural critics as "an elusive online identity"[2] and "a collective international project".
[3] In 2020, art critic Amber Husain describes NN as an "avatar of avant-garde internet performance" that "became as known for her abstract and usable software artworks as she did for aggressive displays of anonymous cyber-domination".
[5] In her article published March 2002 for online magazine Salon, Katharine Mieszkowki dubbed NN the "most feared woman on the Internet", and speculated on her real identity – "A female New Zealander artist, a male Icelander musician or an Eastern European collective conspiracy?".
[6] Florian Cramer stated that NN "was a collective international project" that "presented itself as a sectarian cult, with its software as the object of worship".
[6] In 2006, the Austrian Institut für Medienarchäologie (IMA) released a 20-minute documentary film, directed by Elisabeth Schimana, titled Rebekah Wilson aka Netochka Nezvanova.