I most definitely do not despise Aaron. I think it's highly detestable that someone of his passion and skill gets less followers than an early-cut-contestant from American Idol.
We can argue that maybe he would've been less productive if he really got into tweeting or whatever. But he was hardly shy from talking about himself, and he shouldn't have been. It's a shame that didn't result in the kind of deserved following that would have gotten more public sentiment on his side.
His SOPA/PIPA campaign is a prime example. The reason why it succeeded when at first legislators ignored it was not because the merits of its argument became better over time, but because more people, beyond the choir, had joined the cause.
>I think it's highly detestable that someone of his passion and skill gets less followers than an early-cut-contestant from American Idol.
Every week reddit gives me the latest talking point jerks like Kim Dotcom or Ron/Rand Paul, yet its own guy was ignored by it until his death. PR is everything now. Social media is reputation media. Working on your image is just as important as your work, which sounds like something out of The Prince, but its truer in the age of instant communication. Christ, what a sorry world we live in where our actions are meaningless and we are nothing without good PR.
We can argue that maybe he would've been less productive if he really got into tweeting or whatever. But he was hardly shy from talking about himself, and he shouldn't have been. It's a shame that didn't result in the kind of deserved following that would have gotten more public sentiment on his side.
His SOPA/PIPA campaign is a prime example. The reason why it succeeded when at first legislators ignored it was not because the merits of its argument became better over time, but because more people, beyond the choir, had joined the cause.