#clicktivist campaigns most successful when people know and care little about the cause, writes @joshuakeating http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_world_/2014/05/20/the_depressing_reason_why_hashtag_campaigns_like_stopkony_and_bringbackourgirls.html …
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Replying to @maxstrasser
worth noting that
#Kony2012 and#BringBackOurGirls are about sub-saharan africa, region about which most most americans know and care least1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @maxstrasser
@maxstrasser That article had no information about#BringBackOurGirls, which has little in common with Kony2012 in origination or how spread2 replies 4 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sarahkendzior
@sarahkendzior also was how#BringBackOurGirls spread different from#Kony2012? how? i see diff origins, of course.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @maxstrasser
@maxstrasser It was a grassroots effort by Nigerians that gained traction through efforts of black women worldwide upset at story ignored3 replies 8 retweets 3 likes -
Replying to @sarahkendzior
@sarahkendzior but then didn't it spread into mainstream only to quickly be forgotten? i think that's what the post is talking about.1 reply 1 retweet 0 likes -
Replying to @maxstrasser
@maxstrasser Forgotten by whom? Nigerian activists still tweeting daily. Dismissal of campaign values West attention over Nigerian activism2 replies 15 retweets 14 likes
@sarahkendzior @Blackamazon wait, the point of activism isn't to get Nice White People In New York to notice it so Something Will Be Done?
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