I certainly consider myself a protester. But I donāt necessarily consider myself an organizer, or even an activist, as much as I consider myself a subversive. One efficient approach to changing our incredibly unjust society is to turn the systemās weapons against it, by observing and understanding the ways in which specific institutions exploit us and by then seizing and turning those very same means of exploitation and domination against institutions that utilize them against us.
this comes from a guy who worked as a data analyst for advertising and marketing companies, who then turned that knowledge against his former employees for the benefit of Occupy Wall Street
overall I think it raises a pretty interesting point, but misses a crucial detail - I think we need to make sure that any tools we appropriate for ourselves should match the values of the our movement and those of the world we're trying to build
in this case, digital data analysis is often based on homogenising your digital audience, which can be problematic for a number of reasons. also, we need to be careful we don't get sucked into the world of endlessly building specific stats at the expense of our wider strategic aims
still, interesting! nice tip too about video being better for "riot porn" and photos being better for more creative, theatrical actions
