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mk  ·  4693 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: SOPA and PIPA
Do not confuse the building for the people that go to it.

I don't think I am. Some 'places' facilitate certain actions better than others. Reddit has been successful at facilitating some types of actions. Some good, some questionable. Speaking personally, I would have never attended the Rally for Sanity if it weren't for my activity on that site. I have been active online for quite some time, but before Reddit, I hadn't experienced an online community that could coallesce around some particular actions.

Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that Reddit or sites like it don't have their drawbacks and limitations. But I do believe that in some instances they have facilitated action in ways that other places don't.