[LEMONS] 3.02.2002
Remember my Grammy complaint? I was quoted in E! Online. Last graf. Also in the Toronto Star. And it's being discussed on MetaTalk.
I hope Greene read what I wrote about him. But whether or not that happened, it made me feel all warm and fuzzy about the electronet. You know. I saw something on the teevee that riled me up. I logged onto a discussion forum and made a comment about it. That comment was randomly picked up in the news, and perhaps even made its way to Greene. (who you assume is looking to see what kind of reaction his tirade received. you hope that at least one of his PR flunkies came across it.) In the forum where the reporter found it, it was irrelevant that I write about the Internet professionally. I was just somebody presenting an opinion via an (easily traceable) screenname. It could have been *any one* of MeFi's posters. Or *any* community discussion board.
"You went too far with your arrogance and greed tonight, Mr. Man. So say I, an angry little citizen in the bush below. Hear my keyboard clatter."
The idea that everyday people can use the Internet to make corporate weasels hear their voices is a pretty empowering realization.
Not that I didn't know that already. But it's good to get reminders.
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