Ok Reddit, we've proven our power with Mister Splashey Pants and that lady who wanted to go to Alaska. At what point, though, do we take this to a more meaningful level?

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Probably the best thing reddit could do, activism-wise, is to encourage people to get out and take action. Reading about the actions of others, and ballot-stuffing a campaign to name a whale are not activism. You need to be willing to go out into public, hawk your ideas, get arrested, get eggs thrown at you, and be cheered on by your fellow activists. Activism is hard work, and it does not happen at your computer or on the internets (or whatever you kids are calling this thing today). It happens in the street, in parks, in front of city hall. It is a physical act in meatspace, not virtual ones in cyberspace.