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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.

vibrations
30th October 2011, 21:45
Any link to know more?

fox.mulder
30th October 2011, 22:02
Any link to know more?

Theres no real link to post just seeing if anyone has observed cases how an ordinary individual has had success in reaching the many or influence over the larger. If you are referring to vodafail try www.vodafail.com

EileenCookies
30th October 2011, 22:02
I assume you are asking for practical solutions/answers?

Of course to have them you have to be present (in order to receive them). Not just being (but going beyond). Takes practice, awareness and years of experience to affect mass change, evolutionary leaps. You can do it that way or try to do it 'by the numbers'...doesn't really work though.

We use to laugh about how all the peace groups where violent (in the 60s). They had no peace (inside).

wolf_rt
1st November 2011, 03:16
On the viral video front... I think these basically fall into 2 categories. Funny Videos, and Impressive Videos.

Impressive can be hard to do, and always runs the risk of being labeled fake.

Funny on the other hand, seems do-able. There are plenty of Frightening/Disturbing 'wake up' videos... We need a funny one..

The humor would have to be designed to lead your thoughts toward realizing your own power not just 'laughing at the hypocrisy of the leaders'

I think no linger than 3 minutes, and it would have to be genuinely funny to a wide audience.

Not a easy task, but there are some super talented people out there.