Boycotts are a short lived fad

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ItsaMii said:

Boycotts are just fads and they are destroying VGchartz as we know it. Boycott is a very casual form of protest. Boycotts are last generation, they don`t not even have consumer court support. When riots adoption rate goes up boycotts will be doomed. All it has to offer are gimmick long-term changes of buying habits.

The only reason boycotts have so much support is because they are cheap to do. Public nudity and petitions are much better. Do not forget that self immolation was also very popular, but now look at it. Anyways, there is not much protest to do in boycotts. What will happen when people get tired of waiting for awareness-raising and changes? You just wait till picketing and strike action start catching up. And peace camp has a 10 year plan.

The executive producer of Ubisoft's Games For Everyone range Pauline Jacquey said that young casual gamers are becoming more demanding, so boycotts are useless. It relies too much on a family friendly appeal. It appeals only to non protesters and blogger moms. Once people start real protests they will not ever look back at boycotts. Boycotts lack the impact and bargain power that occupations have.

Another issue everyone ignores: the ratio of internet boycotts is too high. What I mean is that 3rd party protests support is abysmal on boycotts. Boycotts that are not made on the Internet do not do so well. Just compare 3rd party protest ratio for boycotts and non violent resistance.

 

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