Brainstorm!

[maradydd]

Prompted by a discussion with bunnykitteh, who's good at prompting these kinds of things:

Imagine a Facebook and/or MySpace application aimed at organising flash mobs for political action (e.g., the kind of thing Anonymous might use to quickly notify members of imminent $cientology activity in a particular location). What features should it have? (Twitter gateway?)

(Note that with Facebook, especially, there are all kinds of interesting concerns with respect to privacy...)

Comments

[mellowtigger]

Semi-related, I had trouble finding info about a local Queer Women's March just 2 weeks ago. I found out about it here at LiveJournal, but other people who attended found out via Facebook.

I've been kicking around for several years an idea (specific to the Bear community, because of the name) to start a project called "Bearly Involved" that would highlight very easy steps that people could follow to actively do something helpful for the environment. Post one "challenge" each quarter-year, have people write in their accomplishment on the postcard and bring it to a Bear event. The postcards are collected and then a winner is randomly drawn to receive a prize. I think it would be a great way to entice/introduce people to "scary eco-activist" ideas but in a grounded and practical way. I would focus on the plight of the poor polar bear, just to begin, but branch out from there. From barely involved to bearly involved.

[maradydd.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like that idea! Tying ideas like this into existing social circles seems like a good way to go about it, too, particularly when you can find specific examples that the community already has some affinity for.

[bunnykitteh.livejournal.com]

LOL... affinity for bearz... and bunnehs...