fox.mulder
30th October 2011, 21:41
A lot of suggestions put forth to make change are often not practical. (ie everybody withdrawing funds from banks etc) Below is a (short) list of cases when the individual has had an effect on the larger audience.
(1) Viral Youtube vids. How many youtube vids have just for some reason gone crazy with hits. While the internet is available to most, a cleverly designed vid could be used as a vessel for influence.
(2) Vodafail.com. In Australia, Vodafone has recently had atrocious service while people simply put up with it while battling the Vodafone Egypt helpline. One dude while on hold with one of these calls setup Vodafail.com and the media got a hold of it and it went viral. This one guy literally stirred up thousands of angry customers who posted their anger toward Vodafone at this site. Vodafone lost thousands of customers and was forced to make change. This whole incident was beautiful just by using some creative thought by one frustrated man put on hold.
Any more ? It does seem that it is possible to come up with creative ways to get attention.
(1) Viral Youtube vids. How many youtube vids have just for some reason gone crazy with hits. While the internet is available to most, a cleverly designed vid could be used as a vessel for influence.
(2) Vodafail.com. In Australia, Vodafone has recently had atrocious service while people simply put up with it while battling the Vodafone Egypt helpline. One dude while on hold with one of these calls setup Vodafail.com and the media got a hold of it and it went viral. This one guy literally stirred up thousands of angry customers who posted their anger toward Vodafone at this site. Vodafone lost thousands of customers and was forced to make change. This whole incident was beautiful just by using some creative thought by one frustrated man put on hold.
Any more ? It does seem that it is possible to come up with creative ways to get attention.