The Day We Fight Back
No, it's not <i>fighting</i> back. Making clever memes online to earn a chuckle or two might help <i>spreading awareness</i>, but in reality changing an online avatar and posting memes online won't affect much in real life.<p>What I find strange is that(Please correct me on this one) there just doesn't seem to be a political group of technologist who lobby(the original meaning) against politicians. In truth, technology-related policies should be consulted and heard by people who use and develop the said technologies.<p>What's worse about this <i>retaliation</i> is that anyone participating it would have an illusion of having done <i>something</i> without actually having done anything(i.e., impact). At the end of the day, you might walk home feeling good about yourself for <i>having fought for a cause</i>, but some harsh reality check needs to be done.<p>Addendum:<p>As per the second paragraph, refer to one of the replies on this comment(<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7038058" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7038058</a>):<p>> An abbreviated list of groups who do that: EFF, Public Knowledge, Demand Progress, Engine Advocacy, CDT, OTI, Free Press. Many of these have multiple registered lobbyists walking the halls of Congress and taking meetings.<p>I stand corrected.