It's been almost three months since I launched Show Up Toronto and in that time I've posted 426 events from over 200 groups, which is pretty dang cool. The fact that there are consistently 100+ events a month representing the labour of thousands validates my optimism about the city. #torontohttps://www.showuptoronto.ca
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The biggest lesson I've learned is that I actually hate Instagram so much more than I already thought I did and it's actively harmful to meaningful coalitional organizing. Anway,,,
(136 of those events ONLY have an IG link, approx 2/3 of those events I found via IG and then tracked down a real URL)
@phire as another Instagram hater I would love to hear more of your thoughts on it
@nev I should probably write it up into an actual essay at some point but I feel like if you want to design a social media network with the explicit purpose of using up the most activist energy with the least return in terms of mobilization it would look pretty similar to Instagram
TBH sometimes I get bummed that building an audience is hard not least because I do ~0 promo, but it's actually very cool that people are signing up for the newsletter because they want to take action!! My pitch isn't "you'll have a great time" my pitch is "let's get to work", and people want to!!
Anyway this is my attempt at occasional self-promo for my little project that is also a love letter to the city. Tell your Torontonian friends.
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