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Yay, slacktivism! ----- edit: I wrote the above because there was no clear "call to action" other than changing one's Facebook profile picture (seriously?) bu
by jlgaddis 13y ago
Yay, slacktivism!
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edit: I wrote the above because there was no clear "call to action" other than changing one's Facebook profile picture (seriously?) but, according to the "Open Letter" [0], I guess we're all supposed to call our legislators that day.
[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7037532 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7037532
- trustfundbaby 13y agoI thought so too, but the big banner has a way to find and call your political representative about the issue. I'm just worried that the American populace isn't sufficiently interested in the issue to do anything about it. Now if the top 100 sites in the US shut down for a day in protest ...
- gtirloni 13y agoTo be honest, I had to go back to the website and read it again so I would notice the suggestion to call the legislators. I think my brain has been trained (based on hard evidence) to ignore that option as ineffective (unfortunately).
- marcosdumay 13y ago> Now if the top 100 sites in the US shut down for a day in protest ... ... we'd call them hypocritical.
- jcfrei 13y agoMy first thought was that it is a prank by 4chan to collect email addresses.