Check also www.repetitionr.com :-) Best, Guido segni Il giorno 13/ago/2013 13:29, "James Morris" <[email protected]> ha scritto:
> 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
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