Thanks for giving those examples, so the question is, there are some stable organizations that work for decades and promote global activism on issues such as climate change, human rights, animal rights, corruption, poverty, etc. They are the largest and most powerful online activist networks - so why we need one more here on crypto which has commercial system like many ICOs, and to be honest probably the negative impact did the photo you used in the opening post, as in case you want to do something good why to put the picture of a disabled child, like physiological effect - look guys you can help? Sorry but disabled child and buy tokens to have option to vote...don't for me.
Thank you for taking the time to follow up.
Ok, so the later point is good to address. This case study of "Lena" has become the focus of "explaining" ACT. Her story is the main theme of our
explainer video, and many other narratives. As well as catching people's attention visually that this is a social cause, the other main reason to use it is consistency. We could have chosen a big systemic issue as a centre pin for the message, but this story of disabled access is just so perfectly pitched to what social justice is about at its core, that we just love putting it forward.
On the other points, you might be referring to the Avaaz platform that now boasts 44 million members from 194 countries, or Change.org, which claims over 178 million “people taking action” (it is actually a for-profit company that Forbes reported in 2012 had revenues over $15 million with 20 million members). These platforms are growing incredibly fast but they started life as digital signature gathering websites. Change.org became profitable by allowing petition makers to sponsor content, and Avaaz (a non-profit) now regularly fundraises for emotive causes handpicked by its elusive team. Both are centralised. What causes are promoted by each? Change.org - the one that pays most to sponsor its content, and Avaaz - the one that will grab the most subscribers attention. ACT is fundamentally different. The crowd decides absolutely everything in an entirely decentralised way, autonomously, immutably, unstoppably (if thats a word), and, above all, by consensus. There is a lot more we could say on this - am happy to do it here, or in pm.
