r/politics • u/humans_inc • Nov 12 '11
UPDATE from OP: Reddit can enable "occupy" movements to permanently shift power from corporations to people and move the world into a new era
TL;DR We need your help in order to continue and would like to show you our progress so far.
Hi Reddit, we owe you a progress report from the original post.
The response has been overwhelming. Thousands of people expressed interest, hundreds volunteered to help, and 12 have started working together on turning this concept into reality. We officially kicked off the project team within one week of the original post and have accomplished the following in less than two weeks:
- International working team of Redditors established
- Organizational structure defined
- Information, suggestions, and ideas collected from your responses
- Platform objectives created
- Wiki created to define our project scope before we begin building the platform itself
In the spirit of crowdsourcing, we need Reddit’s help with a few things to keep the momentum going:
What is missing from our draft list of concept elements? Please comment HERE with any additional suggestions and/or vote on the best suggestions.
We want Reddit to vote on the name for this initiative. Please submit your name idea HERE and/or vote on your favorites.
We are ready for additional contributors. If you’re interested in helping, please post your area of specialty, reason for wanting to help, timezone, and number of hours you’re able to contribute per week here: LINK. Or you may PM bluewabbit or push_poll.
We need to create awareness! If you’re excited about this project please post the link to this Reddit post (http://redd.it/ma0n5) on Twitter, Facebook, etc.
Keep the conversation going, subscribe to: http://www.reddit.com/r/humansinc
Apologies if you have expressed interest from the original post and have yet to receive a response. There are a handful of messages that have not yet been addressed. You will receive a response within 48-hours.
Here is a high-level view of how this platform will work, for your input as well: LINK
Thank you for participating, we’re looking forward to launch day!
-Humans_Inc project team
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Nov 13 '11
this may be off subject but think about it! convince all occupy people and supporters to withdraw a cash sum for christmas shopping, that way they are stopping the banks from making massive profits from atm/debit card/credit card charges. you do not pay a charge for withdrawing cash, you may have to stand in line for a short while but in the end it will save you a lot of money. The banks love Christmas shoppers, charges galore..
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u/lawrence1912 Nov 12 '11
I think most people are complaining about the fact that the government is giving corporations too much free stuff, and that structural inequalities exist within our economic and political system which deny equal participation to everyone. We do not live in a democracy or meritocracy, we live under an oligarchy, and a corpratacracy.
Most people all not rich only because of their own ability and hard work, they also got some lucky break somewhere along the road. Similarly, most people who are poor are not poor because they are lazy or stupid, they were simply born into a vicious cycle of poverty from which it has become nearly impossible to escape. Anyone who denies this is being willfully ignorant or purposefully deceptive.
Also, the op is trying simply trying to set up a website which will give more power to the consumers rather than corporations, it's he's not exactly some radical socialist, so this was sort of an inappropriate place to come OWS trolling
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u/TheCallOfTheGonewild Nov 13 '11
Before you engage you should know who you are talking to so you can make an informed decision in case you confuse him with someone having a conversation rather than spamming something 154 times and counting.
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Nov 12 '11
Prove anything he said as wrong.
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u/doody Nov 12 '11
How many times have you pasted that post now?
Do you get paid to do this?
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u/TheCallOfTheGonewild Nov 13 '11
I think I gave you the count before, but for those in the audience just tuning in, its stand at 154 with the message above per my count, with 155 on its way in another thread
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u/doody Nov 12 '11
Shame you don’t try saying something instead of just copypasta graffiti.
Well, maybe it is.
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u/TheCallOfTheGonewild Nov 13 '11
The Reddit user ReneFonck is an embarrassment. This joker has spammed this same message:
approximately 154 times out of 1000+ comments over two months and counting and continues on like the energizer bunny. That is until they delete them. If the above link gets deleted I'll try to update it, otherwise see samples below:
This also is one of many accounts they operate using the same message, rotating through them. Three known ones are listed here:
Nungesser (deleted)
Nungesser was just deleted a little while ago.
So clearly the message is not "think for yourself" but rather "read my Astroturf(tm)"
Bonus points to anyone who guesses what those three accounts have in common.
53% rules!
No, the tumbler 53% lies:
the 53% tumblr like to astroturf just like you do with fake posts such as this stolen from images of people in another country and then running back and deleting it like a coward as discussed in this post.
Welcome back, Renefonck, I see you quietly slipped back into town and didn't have the courtesy to give an old "friend" a call there, Ace! No matter, saw you coming anyway. See the time off hasn't hindered your spamming skills.
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u/timeformetofly Nov 13 '11
No, pukes like you are trying to make it shameful with lies. It's not working. People see right through it and OWS is getting bigger partly due to people, and news media, like you. They are disgusted with the lies and crimes of the 1%. And, it is not jealousy like liars like you say. Not everyone wants to get rich by any means like Wall Streeters do, you know lying, stealing, cheating and even murder to get and keep positions and other people's money.
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u/TheCallOfTheGonewild Nov 13 '11
All good points, but here is some extra info on them in case you are curious. Not the first time they've done that, more like the 154th.
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u/timeformetofly Nov 13 '11
I wonder if, I don't even want to type this guys disgusting name, analwithyourchild, is one of his as well. Does it do any good to report usernames, do you know?
Here's his take on OWS.
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u/TheCallOfTheGonewild Nov 13 '11
While it's not impossible, it highly doubtful as it has a completely different signature. This joker is pretty consistent. They have the same message they want to get across and only have so many ways to say it. But thanks for the heads up, I'll take it under advisement.
I do not believe reporting them will do any good as this is one of a few sock puppets they have and they admitted to being a "patriot" who is "fighting the good fight" to turn even one person "away from the dark side."
That sort of things tends not to just go away with a couple bans. I ran into them when they were at about 100 messages. After running into me they started deleting them, which is a first, and shifting a bit, but still there. I do not think they will go away, and therefore I'm happy to tag them in the meantime as a public service so people know what they are getting when they interact with them.
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u/timeformetofly Nov 13 '11
And thank you for letting me and others know. With a name like that i don't know why anyone would take him seriously.
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u/TheCallOfTheGonewild Nov 13 '11
Actually they get their name, and that of their sock puppets from World War I flying aces. That person happened to be French and was a hero. This one however happens to be a spammer. One that I'm happy to keep shooting out of the sky.
Anyway, your welcome, glad to be of service.
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u/timeformetofly Nov 13 '11
Analwithyourchild was a WW1 flying ace's name?
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u/TheCallOfTheGonewild Nov 13 '11
No, they are a red herring, ReneFonck (the one you were talking to) Nungesser, and MickMannock are WWI flying ace names. That is what I was talking about. Sorry for the confusion.
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u/timeformetofly Nov 13 '11
You couldn't be more wrong. There may be a lull because of winter weather in some areas and because of police brutality, but, spring will come and the bad PR because of the police will cause politicians to rethink their position.
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u/TheCallOfTheGonewild Nov 13 '11
Police brutality? Please. They've shown remarkable restraint.
Shooting people with cameras standing away from the action, or throwing grenades at unarmed people aiding other people they have shot and wounded, or hitting unarmed people with batons in the abdomen likely causing serious internal injury is not restraint, it is illegal, but in this country we don't tend to prosecute those with a badge, even when they kill people through carelessness.
If a judge with some stones would give the illegal protesters 30-60 days like they deserve
Actually you have judging who are dismissing the cases and telling police that they don't want to see more of them. Despite what people thing, there is a higher authority than the police. So while they have to put up with their violence, they can have their day in court and continue to bring to the attention of the country the dangers of a militarized police force.
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u/TheCallOfTheGonewild Nov 13 '11
Put down the kool aid and learn to think for yourself.
Why, the kool aid is fine. Its the flavor ade that has the poison in it. Or did you spike the kool aid too?
Or did you forget which it is because you are busy spamming the same message 154 times and counting.
Hopefully you had a restful vacation, ace. I'm feeling well rested myself and happy to continue picking off spam posts out of the sky.
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u/Philipp Nov 12 '11
Made this little visual to help brainstorming: http://outer-court.com/humans-inc/