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8th Mar 2012, 05:36 PM #1OPMemberWebsite's:
dl4all.comKONY 2012: Is the Viral Campaign a Scam?
KONY 2012, a documentary produced by non-profit Invisible Children, has gone viral in the past couple days, receiving millions of views on YouTube and Vimeo.
The video has also, however, begun to receive significant backlash from organizations and publications questioning the authenticity of Invisible Children. Many of the negative critiques have been targeted at Invisible Children?s practices as an organization, not whether Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord?s Resistance Army, is a war criminal.
Visible Children, a Tumblr dedicated to evaluating the legitimacy of the KONY 2012 campaign, raised some points Wednesday morning which have resurfaced in numerous publications.
?Invisible Children has been condemned time and time again. As a registered not-for-profit, its finances are public. Last year, the organization spent $8,676,614. Only 32% went to direct services (page 6), with much of the rest going to staff salaries, travel and transport, and film production. This is far from ideal, and Charity Navigator rates their accountability 2/4 stars because they haven?t had their finances externally audited. But it goes way deeper than that.?
Invisible Children replied to the criticism in a blog post overnight Thursday, iterating its ?three prong? approach to tackling the LRA: documenting crimes, channeling advocacy into energy and operating programs on the ground.
?In response to this explosion of interest about the Kony 2012 film, there have been hundreds of thousands of comments in support of the arrest of Joseph Kony and the work of Invisible Children. However, there have also been a few pieces written that are putting out false or mis-leading information about these efforts.?
?While participation in the Alliance?s charity review efforts is voluntary, the Alliance believes that failure to participate may demonstrate a lack of commitment to transparency,? states the organization?s evaluation.
Others across the Twittersphere have accused KONY 2012 of promoting slacktivism ? the idea that sharing, liking or retweeting will solve a problem ? across the social web. Slacktivism was even turned into the college student and Wonka memes.
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SOURCEagroni112 Reviewed by agroni112 on . KONY 2012: Is the Viral Campaign a Scam? KONY 2012, a documentary produced by non-profit Invisible Children, has gone viral in the past couple days, receiving millions of views on YouTube and Vimeo. The video has also, however, begun to receive significant backlash from organizations and publications questioning the authenticity of Invisible Children. Many of the negative critiques have been targeted at Invisible Children?s practices as an organization, not whether Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord?s Resistance Army, is a war Rating: 5
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8th Mar 2012, 05:39 PM #2Gone off that MollyWebsite's:
thefaggotstore.orgI doubt it's a scam, but it is just a trend that won't last more than another week. I haven't seen the video nor read up on what it's about, but it seems like one of those 'OMG THEY BURNED THE POOR LIL PUPPY, LETS KILL THEM' type of fads that last a week or so and die off.
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8th Mar 2012, 05:54 PM #3Google Corp.
Its a very well-made video, made for the sole purpose of going viral on social media.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4MnpzG5Sqc[/ame]
A lot of the money they have raised in the past has gone to "staff compensation" (AKA staff salaries) and also video production. This is money which people have donated to help those in need, those which the charity are claiming to help - I think thats completely wrong.Life asked Death: "Why do people love me, but hate you?"
Death responded: "Because you're a beautiful lie and I'm the painful truth."
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8th Mar 2012, 05:57 PM #4Respected MemberWebsite's:
GraffThe.Net MCSkatty.com MCSkatty.co.uk MCSkatty.net MCSkatty.org MCSkatty.infohttp://www.besthostingforums.com/1438066-post7.htm
This is all ^
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8th Mar 2012, 06:47 PM #5Member
Behind every possible event,there is the greed for money.
It's true that Kony is a bad guy,and he should be killed,BUT last year they made almost 9 000 000 $ from donations,selling tool kits and other stuff, and only 31 % of these money went for donations(helping the Uganda army). So there is the aspect of money.
But all in all it's a good thing
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8th Mar 2012, 06:56 PM #6Member
It's pointless...
Osama died... didn't do anything (didn't stop Al-Qaeda)
Gaddafi died... Libya is far worse than when he ruled.
See what I'm getting at?
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People are comparing him to Hilter, the public are so misinformed and just watch a 15 second video and leep to conclusions that he is the next Hilter
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It's just a way for the charity to make lots of money - I heard only 30% goes to help them in the end... I'd rather donate to the red cross which gives 90% of the donation money to their cause.
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Kony is bad ... but they are only targetting him and not his 'troops' ... Africa is already a screwed up place ... that's why the police haven't done anything to stop him (they are just as bad when it comes to rape/murder etc). If Kony dies somebody will take his place.
Kony is 1 in thousands of brutal nob heads.
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