cool. well like i said bro, there’s nothing “wrong” with the campaign, it’s just that i question the sign-up as a “commitment” as it stands. you’re right, it’s a platform, and basically i’m just calling out on readers to say hey, this shouldn’t stop at signing up for a badge or joining a group in Facebook. we’re both on the same page as far as new media is concerned, it’s just that i take it with a bit of jadedness.

cheers!

I just read your article. I think my sentiments were summed up by most of the people who already left comments here (about how virtual and real life can mix and is not mutually exclusive).

Let me just give you an update on the Facebook Stop Con Ass Movement.

- More than 75,000+ sign-ups
- has had 2 EB’s in Metro Manila, special guests were Rep. Roilo Golez and Con Com Christian Monsod
- Will have other EBs in Cebu, Davao, Bacolod, General Santos, and Bulacan in July
- Received mileage from traditional forms of media (TV, Radio, Print)

The beauty of this campaign is that it crosses the line between the virtual and the real world. Instead of just staying in the streets of Makati for one rally, what we’re doing is we’re going all around the country trying to educate people about Con Ass. The Facebook Cause is the platform, but we have multiple real life channels as well to reach out for others to join our cause. It’s like one giant info campaign.

I’m proud to be part of it and will definitely push for it ’till the end. As a New Media practitioner and marketer, this is my little contribution to nation building.

Cheers bro!
Carlo

I think the best reason to explain the lack of quorum in the street is that success builds bigger crowd. Past gatherings have given people the impression that it isn’t a vector of change. That is is all sound and fury, signifying nothing.

from a business stand point— twitter’s fortunes grow /because/ it has become this important vector. it is inline with twitter’s current business plan: to grow value. what better way to grow value than to be an instrument of sociological change?

@caffeinesparks i think the only limit now to cyberspace being a vector of change is when ANY government or entity purposely shuts itself off from the network. That’s getting harder to do when every business transaction relies heavily on the Internet.

guys, let’s also not forget that the internet works both ways. Even as activists use the network, governments can use it too. And they tap into it fairly easily like what the Wall Street Journal explained Iran is doing.