revised and edited library for archiving the instantly documented forms of protest
A single tweet might be easy to click, but it means a lot - a person is effectively standing up in a room full of everyone they know and taking a public stand. With one click, the target, the media, and all their friends see it. Contrast that with a traditional clipboard or email petition where the only people who know you signed it are the people the petition gatherer shows it to.Act.ly has worked well with large corporations, and also when paired with a larger strategy of email and offline activism. It has not worked well so far in impacting elected leaders, particularly the U.S. Congress. Alas, it seems corporations care more about their customers than Congress does.