On Fri, 4 May 2012 15:48:35 -0400 Sahar Massachi <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm a bit concerned about all the muttering about Avaaz's sensationalism. > > Please correct me if I'm misunderstanding something, but the following > scenario seems pretty plausible to me: > > The Avaaz site comes under some sort of attack. The tech team at Avaaz > gives a quick "idiots guide" to what's going on to their communications > team, and then goes back to trying to deal with the problem. The > communications team has a partially confused understanding of exactly > what's going on, but tries to deal with the situation as best they can. > When technically minded journalists want to talk to Avaaz, the > communications staff doesn't want to bother their still-hard-at-work tech > team, so they give unsatisfying, vague, and unhelpful replies to these > journalists". > > Am I missing something? > Yeah, they started a funding campaign to fight the attack and, while the attack has stopped (according to their claim), it's still open and their goal is 35k$ (and they're at 33k$)for what? https://secure.avaaz.org/en/massive_attack_on_avaaz_a/?fp Next time I've got a spam bot raiding my corporate network, I'll ask this amount of money to my boss. Just to see he's face. Okhin _______________________________________________ liberationtech mailing list [email protected] Should you need to change your subscription options, please go to: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech If you would like to receive a daily digest, click "yes" (once you click above) next to "would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest?" You will need the user name and password you receive from the list moderator in monthly reminders. You may ask for a reminder here: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech Should you need immediate assistance, please contact the list moderator. Please don't forget to follow us on http://twitter.com/#!/Liberationtech
