Comments on: The Slacker Effect: Resistance at a Time of Blogs, Dogtags, and Green Avatars http://www.marocharim.com/2009/06/19/the-slacker-effect-resistance-at-a-time-of-blogs-dogtags-and-green-avatars/ Forced perspective since 2002 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:34:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Color Your Brassiere – The Marocharim Experiment http://www.marocharim.com/2009/06/19/the-slacker-effect-resistance-at-a-time-of-blogs-dogtags-and-green-avatars/comment-page-1/#comment-7946 Color Your Brassiere – The Marocharim Experiment Sun, 10 Jan 2010 14:37:20 +0000 http://www.marocharim.com/?p=2860#comment-7946 [...] something as simple as bra colors.  On the other hand, one can dismiss this as a classic case of slacktivism.  Generating controversy, or perhaps starting a bandwagon or meme, is perhaps secondary to the [...] [...] something as simple as bra colors.  On the other hand, one can dismiss this as a classic case of slacktivism.  Generating controversy, or perhaps starting a bandwagon or meme, is perhaps secondary to the [...]

]]> By: Marocharim http://www.marocharim.com/2009/06/19/the-slacker-effect-resistance-at-a-time-of-blogs-dogtags-and-green-avatars/comment-page-1/#comment-6144 Marocharim Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:27:24 +0000 http://www.marocharim.com/?p=2860#comment-6144 @liz: it's great to be optimistic, but the battleground of real-world problems is still the real world. :) @liz:

it’s great to be optimistic, but the battleground of real-world problems is still the real world. :)

]]> By: liz http://www.marocharim.com/2009/06/19/the-slacker-effect-resistance-at-a-time-of-blogs-dogtags-and-green-avatars/comment-page-1/#comment-6141 liz Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:31:16 +0000 http://www.marocharim.com/?p=2860#comment-6141 the ultimate actions that result to the actual upheaval can and will be traced to one thing: information. in as much as "slacktivism" - as you articulated it aptly here, can be accused to be the comfort zone of the aware but (probably too lazy or would not want to be bothered to get down and dirty) "concerned" section of the society, they do make people be aware of the facts and the what-to-dos. the time between getting informed and getting their butts working may look like the Amazon river as far as `time lapsed` is concerned, but the seed has been sowed. i am being optimistic, maybe. the ultimate actions that result to the actual upheaval can and will be traced to one thing: information. in as much as “slacktivism” – as you articulated it aptly here, can be accused to be the comfort zone of the aware but (probably too lazy or would not want to be bothered to get down and dirty) “concerned” section of the society, they do make people be aware of the facts and the what-to-dos. the time between getting informed and getting their butts working may look like the Amazon river as far as `time lapsed` is concerned, but the seed has been sowed. i am being optimistic, maybe.

]]> By: betterphilippines http://www.marocharim.com/2009/06/19/the-slacker-effect-resistance-at-a-time-of-blogs-dogtags-and-green-avatars/comment-page-1/#comment-5733 betterphilippines Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:48:08 +0000 http://www.marocharim.com/?p=2860#comment-5733 slacktivism is clearly a poor substitute to actually doing something in the real world. but then again does participating in rallies really have more value than blogging about issues? i think they rank just the same. both are essentially just about making noise. i can see though how blogging and other "online" activities can make "real", "offline" methods of protests less appealing. slacktivism is not a good thing but as long as not everyone is infected with it we don't really have anything to be worried about. everyone has a role to play. slacktivism is clearly a poor substitute to actually doing something in the real world. but then again does participating in rallies really have more value than blogging about issues? i think they rank just the same. both are essentially just about making noise. i can see though how blogging and other “online” activities can make “real”, “offline” methods of protests less appealing.

slacktivism is not a good thing but as long as not everyone is infected with it we don’t really have anything to be worried about.

everyone has a role to play.

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