Re : Twitter Boycott.
Let's be realistic. It won't even be a blip on their stats.
It will be lost in the noise of day-to-day variation.
It's like when the religious right get upset about something and post to social media "If every Christian boycotts [company] we'll show them we matter!!!1".
Don't you roll you eyes at those wingnuts? At how by shaking their fist impotently at a giant, they've proved their own desperation more than anything else?
How is this different?
@Rasgueado
I guess I don't understand what you mean by "it isn't about being different".
I described a common thing that's ineffectual and sad, and asked out this was different from that.
@apLundell I took your meaning as comparing the action itself (when you said it was similar when christian groups boycott something).
My meaning than, the action itself doesn't need to be different. The application of value to the outcome of the event is yours... I can't comment on that.
@apLundell your argument is that the boycott will not be effective because people you don't respect (wing nuts) use similar tactics sometimes and you think they're ridiculous? not sure I follow. because if, say, 3m people don't login in a day, twitter would surely notice the dip in revenue. they've yet to be profitable. and boycotts often successfully apply pressure to corps. so idgi.
@walruslifestyle my argument is that
1)I think people who think millions of people will participate in a impromptu boycott are way optimistic.
2) Even if, as you suggest, Twitter's DAU dropped by about 1%, and even if that was enough to be noticed, the target wouldn't really care so long as they all came back the next day.
@apLundell alright, I understand. thank you
@apLundell sometimes it isn't about being different. For some people the act of doing something at all helps bring people together that might not have previously. Sometimes it's a galvanizing event that leads toward another outcome. We can't rightly predict what all the possible repercussions could be, or if they have any value at all.
Even if it leads nowhere, I'll laud the desire to try.