I think people would be best served if they stopped thinking of online platforms as being useless for accomplishing political goals and instead understanding that just as is the case offline, online political actions encompass a wide range of efficacy, everything from the essentially useless to incredibly effective. It's just not the case that there's a dichotomy between effectiveness dictated by how "online" a person is. People who operate primarily online can mobilize massive political action and people who never touch a computer can engage in entirely ineffective political gestures that accomplish nothing. We have to judge political actions by their results, not their medium of operation.
And of course some types of actions are more suited to an online medium than others, but in the modern day, even offline actions are often coordinated online. And so instead of dismissing the internet as a platform for activism, we should instead be asking how we can more effectively utilize it.
Fighting Back Against the “BE CV BK 2025 -R-D” Facebook Scam: Drown It Out With Truth, Mockery, and Creativity
The “BE CV BK 2025 -R-D” Facebook puzzle scam is ridiculous — absurd to the point of parody — and yet, it’s spreading like wildfire. The fact that it’s everywhere on Facebook, showing up even on Google, and still somehow flying under the radar of mainstream discussion is absolutely mind-boggling. It’s one of those scams that’s so blatant, so in-your-face, that it almost becomes invisible. People see it, recognize it as nonsense, scroll past, and move on. But here’s the […]
https://jaimedavid.blog/2025/10/29/23/30/46/analysis/jaimedavid327/7972/fighting-back-against-the-be-cv-bk-2025-r-d-facebook-scam-drown-it-out-with-truth-mockery-and-creativity/
wer am 12.6. keine Zeit hat, kann auch noch am 20.6. beim @murpunktat #worklab vorbeischauen, wo Z. Blace eine #handson Präsentation zu seinen Arbeitsmethoden gibt. #wikimedia #crowdsourcinginformation #internetactivism
https://mur.at/project/worklab-2024/
This book looks really good. Still struggling to read long form, but I'm excited to try to read this one. Previewing the text, it's one of those "this writing is so much better than mine; why am I even trying??" type authors. Funny, insightful, caring. Says things in snappy sentences that I've taken paragraphs to try to say.
"Abuse is a unique violence when paired with faith."
In spite of the link, I ordered it new (so the author can get royalties) from an independent ABEBooks seller instead of Amazon.
#ReligiousTrauma #cult #exvangelical #exmormon #exmo #religion #deconstruction #InternetActivism
https://www.amazon.com/Disobedient-Women-Faithful-Evangelical-Reckoning/dp/1546003800
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