Someone I know in the community pinged me about this article, so I presume I was meant to provide feedback. I’m going to ask what kind of feedback I could give that was in mind but here is the first thing that comes to mind for “effective slacktivism” and a starting point for researching it.
There needs to be a better word than “slacktivism” to describe what any of us are really trying to discuss. Slacktivism doesn’t only mean easy, simple, quick tasks one can do with almost no effort. Another meaning is that it’s a kind of lazy virtue signaling someone will do so they can receive status for being a good person without really having to do anything to earn it. This ambiguity and the meanings laden with stigma don’t lend itself to thinking about how to make online activism super cost-effective. The next step is to think about how to operationalize what you mean by effective and/or ineffective online activism, or whatever. That can start with determining the qualities or features of effective online activism being sought:
Someone I know in the community pinged me about this article, so I presume I was meant to provide feedback. I’m going to ask what kind of feedback I could give that was in mind but here is the first thing that comes to mind for “effective slacktivism” and a starting point for researching it.
There needs to be a better word than “slacktivism” to describe what any of us are really trying to discuss. Slacktivism doesn’t only mean easy, simple, quick tasks one can do with almost no effort. Another meaning is that it’s a kind of lazy virtue signaling someone will do so they can receive status for being a good person without really having to do anything to earn it. This ambiguity and the meanings laden with stigma don’t lend itself to thinking about how to make online activism super cost-effective. The next step is to think about how to operationalize what you mean by effective and/or ineffective online activism, or whatever. That can start with determining the qualities or features of effective online activism being sought:
Simple
Easy
Quick
Cost-Effective
Scalable
Neglected, Tractable, etc.