21st Century History made last week. Gen Y is exhibiting its power in several ways. Their victory, if temporary, over SOPA and bad intellectual property laws last week was an example.
Willie alerted us to the Reddit driven effort. Thousands of people boycotting pro-SOPA companies, and supporting (even with money) candidates for politcal office who are anti-SOPA.
Within hours they exerted massive influence.
Willie sat online for 12 hours and watched as Reddit people forced GoDaddy to change its stance, and then started to send money (thousands of dollars in one day) to a candidate running against pro-SOPA Congressman Paul Ryan. The candidate even went on Reddit to dialogue and thank them.
Photo: The beautiful St. Croix River last week.
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