Facebook is really the perfect medium for this due to it's ease of use, accessibility by tons of people, and because thoughts can travel at the speed in which it takes to click "share".
I think the definitions provided on www.urbandictionary.com say it best.
| 1. | slacktivism | |
The act of participating in obviously pointless
activities as an expedient alternative to actually expending effort to
fix a problem.
Signing an email petition to
stop rampant crime is slacktivism. Want to really make your community
safer? Get off your ass and start a neighborhood watch!
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| 2. | slacktivism | |
The search for the ultimate feel-good that
derives from having come to society's rescue without having had to
actually gets one's hands dirty or open one's wallet.
It's
slacktivism that prompts us to want a join a boycott of designated gas
companies or eschew buying gasoline on a particular day rather than
reduce our personal consumption of fossil fuels by driving less.
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| 3. | slacktivism | |
One of those feel-good internet campaigns that
doesn't actually help anybody or has political impact. It's your way of
pretending to care while sitting on your butt in front of a computer
playing WoW.
Also used for people who want to get a million people on their page by before bettering themselves or the world instead of just doing it.
Girl: Let's show our support by changing our Facebook statuses to promote what color our bras are!
Boy: Why does your status say "nothing"? Girl: I'm supporting breast cancer awareness via Facebook! Boy: One of the best examples of slacktivism I've ever heard of... | ||
