I was checking Twitter while we were at the Alma meetings in Brisbane last week as a story unfolded of how the so-called Australian Christian Lobby had organised a campaign to have safe sex posters removed from Brisbane bus stops. If you missed it, Julia has a great description of the story on her blog.
Michael James, who appears in the ad with his real-life partner, organised a Facebook protest page, and it was great to see people getting involved on other social media like Twitter. Yet again it seemed like Twitter was way ahead of the old-style media and by the end of the day we got word — through Twitter — that the ads would be put back.
That was Wednesday night. The poster people must have been busy on Thursday because early on Friday morning I went out for a walk and spotted this…
Hope this poster thing will work out in Brisbane!!!!! People like me in different part of Australia are watching closely!!!!
There was also a facebook online ‘event’ created that had 50,000 attending when I joined it the same day it was created, and now it has 93,000… Homophobia – NOT HERE – Adshel Caves to Homophobic Pressure http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=123532344395752
So I think this contributed to the turn around…
Yes, I think Facebook and Twitter played a big part!
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