Comments on Gabrielle's Post

I agree with you that Cohen and Schmidt were a little too pessimistic about how effective hashtag activism can be, and I think the Humans of New York page is a good example of that. When the page director went overseas to cover Syria and several other Middle Eastern countries, he exposed a lot of Americans to the normal daily lives of these foreign countries. It did a lot to show us that many of them are just like us. It also inspired followers to reach out and offer emotional AND financial support. I'm posting two screenshots, both of which show followers donating time, effort, and money to support the activists and people whose stories HONY shared, I believe they were both from Pakistan. Yes, hashtag activism may be the lazier method and it might not even remain in most people's minds, but for people like the ones in the pictures I'm sharing, there was definitely a lasting impact. (The first photo is posted multiple times because there were soo many comments suggesting funds and donation accounts)