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> Why were all the "protests" over within a month? Why don't they continue to this day? I think the attention span for those things is rather limited. You can'
by maze-le 10y ago
> Why were all the "protests" over within a month? Why don't they continue to this day?
I think the attention span for those things is rather limited. You can't cry "Outrage!!1!" every day over the same thing again and again and still mobilize people for your cause. This seems to be a rather common phenomenon regardless of the group or cause you support.
Also, to organize such a protest, you need people with time and resources to reach out. I assume, that at some point, these people deicide, that it makes more sense to steer resources into other projects.
- mikeash 10y agoIt happens all the time. There's some big event, it gets a lot of attention, the event never goes anywhere but people lose interest and move on. MH370 was never found but the coverage faded away. The Bring Back Our Girls campaign pretty much died out even though no girls were brought back. Everybody was outraged when Russia annexed Crimea, but nobody cares now.
- DanBC 10y ago...and also some campaigns continue but media loses interest in covering them. Bring back our girls have frequent demonstrations and are still campaigning, but are seldom heard.