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Serious question then is, how do we resist? How do we act in the interests of people who often don’t see the need for help, and resent it when offered?
by IntronExon 9y ago
Serious question then is, how do we resist? How do we act in the interests of people who often don’t see the need for help, and resent it when offered?
- FridgeSeal 9y agoAdblockers, publicly and repeatedly calling them out as much as possible. Blockers for hitting them where it hurts and calling them out to try and force their tactics into daylight. Someone else in the thread mentioned a tactic they employed of calling up the company and asking to speak to the CEO/whoever felt the need to contact them so urgently. Put the onus back on them as much as possible. In terms of our less astute friends, education and patience I guess. The idea of digital privacy has been eroded pretty far and advertisers have successfully pushed the idea that it's completely fine to give it all up and let them harass us as much as they want for the digital equivalent of shiny rocks, so we're facing a long uphill battle there.