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Mass upvoting helps exactly nobody. It's slacktivism, not activism. If you feel strongly about this cause, I would encourage you to stop mass upvoting, and get
by jchung 13y ago
Mass upvoting helps exactly nobody. It's slacktivism, not activism.
If you feel strongly about this cause, I would encourage you to stop mass upvoting, and get involved in the real world. Perhaps your action would merit its own post to HN, and something that would inspire others to join you in action. You might end up doing something amazing.
- pvnick 13y agoShameless plug for http://restorethe4th.net http://restorethe4th.net, a planned mass demonstration on July 4th to restore the fourth amendment.
- mayneack 13y agoWhy not both?
- renegdn 13y agoI don't know
- notahacker 13y agoI'd go further. Mass indiscriminate upvoting actually undermines the cause, because instead of encouraging HN members to participate in discussions on secure communications and the responsibilities of tech companies which people posting here are particularly well placed to act on, people are debating the intricacies of extradition treaties, speculating about whether there's a connection with Moodys' downgrade of Hong Kong's credit rating or upvoting false rumours about Twitter blocks. The effect of such a deluge of trivia on many people is to intentionally avoid the whole topic. It's like ad blindness.