If you're not doing the boycott today, read these links

[asterroc]

• Quit your bitching, ads are standard. (theferrett)


• Bitching didn't hurt WotC b/c they had the best thing out there, and it won't hurt LJ either. (zoethe)


• Calling it a "strike" and us "scabs" is offensive. (rosefox)

Comments

[galbinus-caeli.livejournal.com]

Thanks for those. I have been using "scab" today, but only for the ironic value.

[best-ken-ever.livejournal.com]

Actually, I hadn't even heard about the strike until this post. Whatever.

[galbinus-caeli.livejournal.com]

If your readers are doing the boycott, how will they see your title?

[oh-chris.livejournal.com]

I"M DOING THE BOYCOTT AND THEREFORE CAN"T READ THESE COMMENTS EITHER YOU INSENSITIVE CLOD

[gemini6ice.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I didn't even know why people were mad at LJ. Nobody was telling me!

Now that I know, I think it's stupid. And I agree with all three posts you linked to.

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Hooray for lazy activism! :-D

[meig.livejournal.com]

[seekingferret.livejournal.com]

Well, livejournal is something I use and enjoy, but it's not something I structure my life around. Well, maybe the album game, but otherwise no. So I don't care about any of the changes they've made- even the 'censorship' ones that have my namesake in a huff.

But the point zoethe made is one that's resonant for me... I wish it were otherwise. The digg '09 F9' revolt was exciting, because they DID reach the critical mass needed to actually say something to the site's operators. But most of the time, as long as things work at a minimum level, activism isn't going to galvanize the whole population. We are the generation of "Waiting for the world to change."