http://www.slate.com/id/2299214/
1. Technology doesn't guarantee revolution. Neither does poverty.
2. The medium can lead to the message.
3. Online crowd dynamics mimic offline crowd dynamics.
4. The Internet facilitates repression, too.
5. Pressure causes adaptation.
6. Geography matters, even offline.
7. Think small.
8. The new threat is Goldilocks dictatorship.
9. Beware Animal Farm.
10. Use the Internet to keep power the right way.
Read it and learn, grasshopper.
Internet Collective Action is people organizing in a nonhierarchical manner to accomplish a particular goal. The reward is in the doing, and how much or how little anyone participates is completely voluntary, depending on their abilities and commitment to the goal. By this process amazing things can be accomplished. ICA will grow so long as the Internet is free. http://www.lisamcpherson.org/pc.htm is an example of ICA.
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