{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Aaron Gustafson: Content tagged social","description":"The latest 20 posts and links tagged social.","home_page_url":"https://www.aaron-gustafson.com","feed_url":"https://www.aaron-gustafson.com/feeds/social.json","author":{"name":"Aaron Gustafson","url":"https://www.aaron-gustafson.com"},"icon":"https://www.aaron-gustafson.com/i/og-logo.png","favicon":"https://www.aaron-gustafson.com/favicon.png","expired":false,"items":[{"id":"https://www.aaron-gustafson.com/notebook/links/mastodon-twitter-crossposter/","title":"🔗 Mastodon Twitter Crossposter","content_html":"<p>If you’re considering moving to Mastodon, but not ready to give up on Twitter yet, you should check out this awesome, highly-configurable cross-posting tool.</p>\n","social_text":"If you’re considering moving to Mastodon, but not ready to give up on Twitter yet, you should check out this awesome, highly-configurable cross-posting tool.","url":"https://www.aaron-gustafson.com/notebook/links/mastodon-twitter-crossposter/","external_url":"https://crossposter.masto.donte.com.br","tags":["social","the web"],"date_published":"2022-10-31T20:37:26Z"},{"id":"https://www.aaron-gustafson.com/notebook/another-political-divide/","title":"✍🏻 Another political divide","summary":"<p>In the interest of observing politics and activism online, I have signed up to receive numerous newsletters and “action alerts” from groups ranging from <a href=\"http://www.moveon.org\">MoveOn</a> and the <a href=\"http://www.aclu.org\"><abbr title=\"American Civil Liberties Union\">ACLU</abbr></a> to the <a href=\"http://www.gop.com\"><abbr title=\"The Republican or \">GOP</abbr></a>. Politics aside, one thing I find very striking is how much freedom is given to an individual to add a personal message or rewrite a letter in support of or against a particular issue by the “left.” The “right,” however, does not seem to have any interest in their activists’ opinions.</p>","content_html":"<p>In the interest of observing politics and activism online, I have signed up to receive numerous newsletters and “action alerts” from groups ranging from <a href=\"http://www.moveon.org\">MoveOn</a> and the <a href=\"http://www.aclu.org\"><abbr title=\"American Civil Liberties Union\">ACLU</abbr></a> to the <a href=\"http://www.gop.com\"><abbr title=\"The Republican or \">GOP</abbr></a>. Politics aside, one thing I find very striking is how much freedom is given to an individual to add a personal message or rewrite a letter in support of or against a particular issue by the “left.” The “right,” however, does not seem to have any interest in their activists’ opinions.</p>\n<p>When I received <a href=\"http://web.archive.org/web/20071103152925/www.gop.com/GetActive/Petition.aspx?state=CT\">this recent solicitation from the <abbr title=\"The Republican or \">GOP</abbr></a>, for instance, I was not given any opportunity to rewrite the letter in my own words or even add a personal message to the missive. All the <abbr title=\"The Republican or \">GOP</abbr> seems to want is my signature and the email addresses of my friends. Even if I were to agree with an issue the <abbr title=\"The Republican or \">GOP</abbr> were asking for my support on, a practice like that makes me very disinclined to take action.</p>\n<p>On the other “side,” you have action requests such as <a href=\"http://political.moveon.org/firerove/\">this petition from MoveOn</a>. Much more emphasis is placed on personalizing the message of the action. Even if I do not have the time to add a personal message, I appreciate the effort to include me in the process and am more likely to take action.</p>\n<p>Perhaps it is just my conspiracy-addled mind working overtime, but I find this dichotomy more than a little odd. What does the <abbr title=\"The Republican or \">GOP</abbr> have to fear from <em>their own activists</em>?</p>\n","url":"https://www.aaron-gustafson.com/notebook/another-political-divide/","tags":["society","social"],"date_published":"2005-11-18T10:54:04Z"}]}