Hi Antye, Thanks for reply. I'm not necessarily wanting to unsubscribe. Signing a petition is not a problem most of the time but sometimes it seems to be put in simplistic black and white terms when we all know things are never that simple. I don't feel comfortable signing against something when I'm not at all well informed about it.
Then there's this kind of thing: "We all knew that Ryanair is an unpleasant way to fly, with lousy customer service and rip-off hidden charges. But, in a shocking survey, Ryanair’s pilots are raising serious concerns about the safety of Ryanair flights, potentially putting passengers lives at risk." Which comes across like something out the tabloids. It's the kind of thing which causes me to treat them as if annoying advertisements. Oh well. Not everyone is like me however ;-) Of course as you point out they do do worthwhile activism and I should probably look past these relatively minor criticisms. James. On 13/08/13 Antye Greie-Ripatti <[email protected]> wrote: >great to look into this… quick for James: To unsubscribe from Avaaz >emails, send a blank email to [email protected] or click here. > >Aavaz campaings i come across are important, seem correctly >communicated, I didn't see the one you mention. I think these guys >trying it one way… american way… not sure… ? I mean they just got >really hurt re Aaron Schwartz (many peole of them are friends with, as >I understand ? sumofus.org for instance) > >I would like to talk about avaaz.org > >I would be interested to hear if anybody has experince running an >Avaaz campaign ? > >I am thinking to run one against the nuclear power plant plans up >north Finland in the middle of nowhere. > >Any recommendations how to organize a signature campaign ? > >And yes all that graphic design and interfaces and cloud based >services make look everything look like promotion, I just felt the >same when we were making a blog with wordpress for our activist camp, >all looked like promotion. Terrible. its an important question. > >(http://casepyhajoki.info/?lang=en) > >best >antye > >On Aug 13, 2013, at 12:05 PM, James Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Avaaz.org, SumOfUs.org, Change.org >> >> These organizations are increasingly annoying me. Avaaz for instance, >> their latest and greatest call to action, is "Huge threat to Avaaz" >> caused by gmail apparently not prioritizing their emails... oh no, >> hang on, my appologies, gmail *could* de-prioritize their emails. So >> say "experts". It's a conspiracy. Well maybe if you didn't send me >> so many emails on such earth shattering crimes against humanity >> (such as this one) I might actually be more bothered about your >> emails. They're supposedly a "people powered community", but where >> can I tell them to back off? I'm advised to "REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE" >> to send a signal to gmail. How about I send a signal to you? By >> ignoring you? What a signal that will be. If you act like >> promotions, sound like promotions, and read like promotions... I'm >> too impatient to wait for gmail to de-prioritize you, I've done it >> myself. >> >> But now I look like a privileged ignorant shit because is this the >> worst I have to moan about? Irritating emails as opposed to state >> violence and abuse? >> >> Is it too much to wish they'd not use hysterical language, block >> capitals, emotional appeals, and other tricks and tactics? I'm sure I >> can't be the only one who gets irritated by this? >> >> Oh but is that the worst I can complain about, irritation while >> splashing around in my irrigation? >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > -- http://jwm-art.net/ image/audio/text/code/ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
