A Bit On Slacktivism  Running rampant through the world of
social media this past week has been a 30-minute documentary
developed by a group called Invisible Children. Their purpose,
as they state it, is to capture Ugandan war lord Joseph Kony by
December 2012. Given that many feel the “sweet spot” length for
an online video is no more than 2 minutes, the fact that a
30-minute video went viral across YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter
is pretty amazing. However, shortly after the video began to
spread, questions began to arise about Invisible Children. Were
they keeping over 30% of the money they were raising? Are they
supporting organizations that may be just as bad as Kony? Are
they putting Ugandan citizens even more at risk?  In doing some
research about this I found an article from Mashable asking if
the whole thing was a hoax. The article said this may be the
latest example of slacktivism. As it turns out, a lot of people
really don’t like the idea of “slacktivism,” or the concept that
“liking” or “retweetin