How did everyone know to protest today?

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Was there a giant group text, Facebook post, or news broadcast? How did thousands and thousands of people all participate for the “Hands off” protest at the same time? What’d i miss?

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  1. Kakamile Avatar

    Posts on social media, mentioned by friends on discord, my city newspaper had a mention

    Edit: honestly when it’s expected to be big the town basically needs people to know cause it affects traffic.

  2. hybridoctopus Avatar

    I saw facebook posts and flyers all over the place.

  3. Hippiemamklp Avatar

    https://www.fiftyfifty.one/

    This is one the major organizers of the protests.

  4. Dawnzila Avatar

    Isn’t it crazy how little “traditional” news coverage it’s getting?!?!

  5. jtrades69 Avatar

    i overheard it tuesday night when some other people were talking. maybe facebook?

  6. N0w1mN0th1ng Avatar

    A few of my neighbors told me about it, and my wife heard about it at work.

  7. Icy_Plan6888 Avatar

    Reddit…everyday

  8. Gemfrancis Avatar

    Reddit and other social media, I think.

  9. 4me2knowit Avatar

    The invite came with the Soros check

  10. Lucky-Hunter-Dude Avatar

    Massive marketing campaign sponsored by multiple activist groups. So yes, lots of social media campaigning.

  11. rufowler Avatar

    Um, the internet? Also friends?

  12. -Blixx- Avatar

    It was on almost every city subreddit.

  13. mekonsrevenge Avatar

    It was all over the Internet and Facebook groups.

  14. AdventurousNeat9254 Avatar

    Did anyone protest today? 

  15. margarineandjelly Avatar

    I’m only on Reddit and Twitter and had no idea they were protesting today. Was walking out in Seattle and they were everywhere. 🤣 I was thinking the exact same thing like how tf yall plan this shit

  16. BarrelRider621 Avatar

    Word of mouth goes a long way in the 21st century. Look how many people you’re connecting with right now. Then this people tell 4 people. Then those four people tell more. So on and so forth. I personally think it’s easier to spread info about a protest like this because of that and couple with social media. I felt like I couldn’t NOT k ow about it some how. 🍻

  17. Yiayiamary Avatar

    Facebook and email from my union. FB had several posts over several days.

  18. lowridda Avatar

    I’ve known about it for the past couple of weeks at least. At first I thought it was just the Women’s March. Then I started to see stuff about this. Social media.

  19. LegitLibrarian- Avatar

    Instagram! I follow a lot of activists local and national.

  20. jacobat2016 Avatar

    I heard it through Rednote and Tiktok mostly, then most recently by word of mouth by several people. I was messaging people through out the day and most were like what the hell, when did this get planned?

  21. peatoast Avatar

    The organizers posted on social media. I saw my city’s here on Reddit a few days ago.

  22. 00Lisa00 Avatar

    It was ALL over social media

  23. ChesterNorris Avatar

    Sorry, we thought you knew.

  24. Aggravating-Break-83 Avatar

    Seems to be regular protests on Saturdays across the country

  25. ThunderPigGaming Avatar

    It was all over the internet for days.

  26. cherrybounce Avatar

    I saw it on BlueSky.

  27. BlottomanTurk Avatar

    If you only spend time on your own curated reddit feed (and that’s the entirety of your social media consumption), it was easy to miss. I maintain a pretty buttoned-up bubble, so I didn’t know anything about it until my dear ol’ Ma said something a couple days ago, lol.

    Otherwise, it was all over various city subreddits, Facebook posts, twitter, tiktok, etc.