Response to Intro and Chapter 1 of

Cyberactivism intro and chapter 1 response. The intro pretty much just threw out a lot of questions as to whether or not the internet is good. It did provide a great example of what the internet can do, like the Nike e-mail.
The first chapter cited three examples:
Haunting of geocities
Marketplace
Clipper
All of these were affected by online activism but only two were successful in their attempts. My opinion on the matter is that it is absolutely wonderful that we can have such an effect where we used to have none at all, but because of the internet we now can. My question was why did the author include the one story of how the Clipper was set as a standard? This shows that no matter how much the people try sometimes they cannot help anything. Perhaps this shows that the power of the internet is still growing. If the people and online activism always worked then thats all that would ever be done to change something. Online activism does not always work, but it does provide a new outlet to express our ideas.