Indeed there are. VERY sick.
A story comes to mind...a man was leading up a group that was protesting/boycotting Home Depot because they were not contracting to get lumber from ecologically sound resources. IIRC the protests and boycotts had no effect on changing Home Depot's policy.
The group then changed its tacticts and invested in Home Depot stock...and then built a campaign to attract like-minded Home Depot investors to bring up their lumbering practices through investor relations.
THAT move was successful in influencing policy.
Geo, if you or I or anyone chooses to leave MySpace, we certainly can. We have that freedom. We also have a voice. Once we close up our account, we are already "lost" as a customer. We are an outsider that may be perceived as someone with an axe to grind.
But if we voice our concerns as active members, then we are the voice of people then that is a voice from people that have a stake (albeit small) in the community.
A story comes to mind...a man was leading up a group that was protesting/boycotting Home Depot because they were not contracting to get lumber from ecologically sound resources. IIRC the protests and boycotts had no effect on changing Home Depot's policy.
The group then changed its tacticts and invested in Home Depot stock...and then built a campaign to attract like-minded Home Depot investors to bring up their lumbering practices through investor relations.
THAT move was successful in influencing policy.
Geo, if you or I or anyone chooses to leave MySpace, we certainly can. We have that freedom. We also have a voice. Once we close up our account, we are already "lost" as a customer. We are an outsider that may be perceived as someone with an axe to grind.
But if we voice our concerns as active members, then we are the voice of people then that is a voice from people that have a stake (albeit small) in the community.