• @jballs
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      12822 days ago

      The people who tweeted this suck at Communication 101. You’ve gotta have a specific and clear call to action. Something like “Join this protest at XYZ” or “Demand your Congressman support ABC.”

      You can’t just say “Drop everything. Forget about your job and your kid’s education.” That’s not an effective message.

      Unless their point is we’re past the point of protests and political policies doing anything and we’re all gonna die. In which case, say that. “Drop everything and go die, cause we’re fucked.” You gotta be clear!

      • @[email protected]
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        1922 days ago

        I think part of the post is the implication that there is no more call to action, only a downward spiral that no action could solve.

      • @[email protected]
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        1422 days ago

        Yeah there’s a good chunk of this country that would react to this kind of message by heading to the gun store to stock up. Not exactly helpful.

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        221 days ago

        If we take it at face value, it would seem the audience they are targeting would not care to participate in xyz and would not care to ask the congressman to vote abc, probably because those things are not in their own financial interest. But that’s not actually who this is targeting. It’s targeting the rest of us, who are already aware of those people. But we can’t do anything about it.

    • @[email protected]
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      1222 days ago

      No Man’s Sky just got a cool update, so I think I’m gonna play that while I await my doom.