Comments on: On being a Slacktivist!

By: Gopinath Mavinkurve

Gopinath Mavinkurve — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 11:08:31 +0000

Re-soul-ution! I loved that coinage of yours! Thanks for the kind words

By: Caroline

Caroline — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 07:43:46 +0000

I truly wish there were more of you in this world,you are perfectly right at a time when everyone would tighten purse strings and wonder where their 2rs went yesterday.I find myself juggling with similar resolution and would rather call them re-soulution..it is about touching the soul of those around through your best possible gift. you are funny and very encouraging!

By: Gopinath Mavinkurve

Gopinath Mavinkurve — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 06:41:16 +0000

You have correctly brought out the positive of the internet – to bring like minded people together. If all the signatories of the petition do not get together – out of their chairs and do something about the subject that so passionately feel about, the mere signing of a petition wont do anything by itself. Thanks for the complement, Trey!

By: Trey Baird

Trey Baird — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:34:17 +0000

I used to roll my eyes at people who sign internet petitions. I used to call them “change the world in your spare time petitions”.

People would always throw it back at me that it was an internet petition that brought back Family Guy after it was cancelled! Well, no, it was also DVD sales. And especially after the failure of Snakes on a Plane, few people take the internet seriously as a vehicle for real action.

People need to understand the strenghs and weaknesses of the internet. The internet is wonderful when it comes to bringing like minded people together and getting them motivated. HOWEVER, the usefullness of the internet doesn’t go much further than that, and in order for good deeds to go further than cyberspace, someone needs to get out of their computer chair and make it happen.

Excellent article, Gopinath.