The Humane League’s Fast Action Network involves calling or emailing companies to pressure them to adopt higher welfare standards. Compared to other sorts of digital activism, there are probably fewer people doing this and it is more impactful. I’ve always thought of calling companies to be something that’s too much like “hard work” for me to feel like doing, but if you’d like, you can probably call it slacktivism.
Calling someone on the phone isn’t slacktivism. I’ve been involved in efforts outside effective altruism and phone call or other campaigns that are really effective would not succeed if anyone was “slacking.” I went into how we need better language than slacktivism to clarify this subject matter in this comment. Fast Action Network might be between slacktivism and effortful online activism.
The Humane League’s Fast Action Network involves calling or emailing companies to pressure them to adopt higher welfare standards. Compared to other sorts of digital activism, there are probably fewer people doing this and it is more impactful. I’ve always thought of calling companies to be something that’s too much like “hard work” for me to feel like doing, but if you’d like, you can probably call it slacktivism.
Calling someone on the phone isn’t slacktivism. I’ve been involved in efforts outside effective altruism and phone call or other campaigns that are really effective would not succeed if anyone was “slacking.” I went into how we need better language than slacktivism to clarify this subject matter in this comment. Fast Action Network might be between slacktivism and effortful online activism.