Making the world suck less (CGIU '11)

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Making the world suck less04/02/2011Alexis Ohanian

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The voice of the internet News before it happens

The biggest little community online

Credit: xkcd

So you want to makethe world suck less?

Great!

Social mediaare here to help.

The (free) webis a tool for

activism

the most effectivedistribution platform

for data the world has ever seen

reddit, a community of millionswho know each other only by usernamesfundraised nearly $1,000,000 in 2010.

photo credit: Greenpeace Finland

Anahi

Kaimana

Mister

MisterSplashy

MisterSplashyPants

5%

{dramatic pause}

70%

Just kidding!

119,367votes78%!

4,329votes3%

Internet loves Mister Splashy Pants

vYAY!

The “secret”

Levelplaying field.

US$0.00

Be genuineBe forthright

You’ve lost control.Embrace it.

You no longer control the message.And that’s OK.

We want to make the world suck less.

We want to make the world suck less.

We want to make the world suck less.

We want to make the world suck less.

We want to make the world suck less.

for nerds!

$175,000 donated so far

Peace and Social Action Committeeof the Midlothian Friends Meeting

Baller.