Hello,
just a few quick thoughts on how we spread the word on Diaspora. I think the audience there is more likely to get motivated to get a sticker in their hands then elsewhere. Otherwise, they wouldn't be there.
Tags I think we should use the unique tag theydontwantyouto here as well on each posting and as D* has no 140 character limit, we should tag each message with as many tags as suitable. Many people follow tags and get these messages in their stream without ever having heard about the campaign or even knowing a person who is following the tdwyt account.
Make all messages public When done manually, it is easy to forget to change the default from "all aspects" to "public". But only public posts can be reshared by others.
Font size I once read that bigger fonts are more likely to be read than smaller ones. (I even read that text on pictures is more likely to be read then ASCII text, but I don't want to go that route). I also don't want to be annoying, so I don't suggest the biggest font available, but a slightly bigger one than the default.
I formatted the first postings like this:
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### They don’t want you to have fair or competitive pricing of #ebooks: http://s.coop/159oo
#AntiCompetitive #monopoly #HarperCollins #theydontwantyouto
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This makes the message slightly bigger than the usual font, but leaves the tags small and in the background. The actual post is here: https://diasp.eu/posts/1346882
Acting on feed-back I think it is important to correct misconceptions about the campaign and it seems that we are pretty good at it on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheyDontWantYou/status/400929858769149952
On Diaspora, it is hard to keep track of comments of reshared content. Luckily, there are tools for that. Try: http://jenseitsderfenster.de/diasporavisual/ paste the URL of a posting like https://diasp.eu/posts/1350677 to it and add a .json to make it https://diasp.eu/posts/1350677.json and klick on "Start!" (yes, you have to click on it. The page was only meant as a proof of concept)
This will produce a tree of reshares with the number of likes and comments next to each reshare.
Greetings,
Guido