I will say this for Sting: if we put as much energy and attention into our local politics as we did fake countdowns, the movement would be in better shape.
Buying into a countdown is really a form of accepting a persuasion tactic (accepting the "small ask"). By accepting the possibility that the countdown is legit, they know they can string you along with other hypotheticals later because you'll be invested.
Apparently I fell for that, but did learn a bit about Ethereum and Cloudflare yesterday.
We still don't know what this countdown was about. I lean towards it being a scare tactic to make the DS expend ammo / reveal their positions. Regardless, we can't afford to ignore these things.
Though I completely agree that getting involved in our communities is key.
I will say this for Sting: if we put as much energy and attention into our local politics as we did fake countdowns, the movement would be in better shape.
Buying into a countdown is really a form of accepting a persuasion tactic (accepting the "small ask"). By accepting the possibility that the countdown is legit, they know they can string you along with other hypotheticals later because you'll be invested.
Apparently I fell for that, but did learn a bit about Ethereum and Cloudflare yesterday.
We still don't know what this countdown was about. I lean towards it being a scare tactic to make the DS expend ammo / reveal their positions. Regardless, we can't afford to ignore these things.
Though I completely agree that getting involved in our communities is key.