Project: Guerrilla Manifesto/Petition
Nathan Schneider
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On the call today, we agreed on the idea of formulating a viral manifesto to further the #BuyTwitter cause as the buyout remains in the news cycle and channel that energy toward the longer-term cooperative.
I proposed a manifesto for Twitter users calling for a say, and co-ownership, as Twitter evolves to a new ownership structure. I'm not sure #BuyTwitter is the right framing. Maybe #WeAreTwitter or something like that. The hope is that we could get lots and lots of Twitter users to sign the manifesto and show our strength.
@arminsteuernagel1 usefully suggested that we could also have people who own shares of the company acknowledge their support and perhaps offer proxies to the cause. @tommcdonough rightly warned that we need to be careful of legal issues in doing so.
@tristancopleysmith has expressed interest in creating an accompanying video, which I think would be fantastic.
What else? Does someone feel inspired to start drafting, or offering ideas for those who do?
Slack channel: #manifesto
Rosen Dimov Sun 9 Oct 2016 10:59AM
Could I get an invite please?
Nathan Schneider Sun 9 Oct 2016 8:18PM
@rosendimov can you share your email. Until we figure out the auto-invite system, we need your email to invite you.
Poll Created Sat 8 Oct 2016 3:51PM
Is this manifesto draft headed in the right direction? Closed Sun 9 Oct 2016 7:50PM
It seems like we think that draft is headed in the right direction. Great!
Take a look at this sketch of a manifesto and let us know what you think:
https://slack-files.com/T2JLJFUH1-F2LU3S8P5-3324745441
And join the #manifesto channel in Slack.
Results
| Results | Option | % of points | Voters | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Agree | 100.0% | 12 |
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| Abstain | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Disagree | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Block | 0.0% | 0 | ||
| Undecided | 0% | 238 |
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12 of 250 people have participated (4%)
Brendan Denovan
Sat 8 Oct 2016 4:03PM
I like the style and tone very much. Where or how would you like to receive suggestions? Please add me to slack when you can [email protected]
Timothy A McDonald
Sat 8 Oct 2016 4:05PM
This is fantastic. I would suggest adding to Change.org and can see if WSJ, NYT and HuffPost will publish it.
Tom McDonough
Sat 8 Oct 2016 9:36PM
I've made a few comments elsewhere.
Joshua Vial
Sun 9 Oct 2016 12:11AM
love it
john gieryn
Sun 9 Oct 2016 12:14AM
Tone is ++good. If possible to have a check box for "I'm a current shareholder & would like to know how I can support", I highly recommend (why miss the opportunity?).
Alanna Irving
Sun 9 Oct 2016 12:19AM
This is great. I can imagine it going viral on Twitter already.
Nathan Schneider · Sat 8 Oct 2016 3:38PM
Well I'm not sure we're at the proposal stage. I'd like to get input and feedback on the draft before asking anyone to approve anything. But I'll try one!