Roundup: Internet Responds to Upheaval at Salsa, Change.org

Hi, the recent changes at Salsa and Change.org have understandably sparked some long discussions on the various progressive activist listservs and other discussion forums; you’ve seen the initial Epolitics.com responses earlier (Salsa here, Change.org here). Below are other blog posts and commentary that are flying around the web, a list we’ll update as more come in. To suggest a post, either email me or leave the link as a comment.

• Update: Why Did Salsa Labs Fire Its CEO and Co-Founder?
• Update: The Changes at Change.org: Three Lingering Concerns
• Update: Change.org, Enabler of Davids, Decides To Side With Goliaths Instead
• Update: Founder Ben Rattray makes The Case for Change
• Advocacy and Email Marketing: Should the Tool’s Politics Matter?
• Staying True to Salsa’s Mission (from the Salsa blog)
• Change.org Changing: Site To Allow Corporate, Anti-Abortion, GOP Campaigns, Say Internal Documents (initial HuffPo article)
• Change.org sells out progressive movement
• Change.org to Sell Out Progressive Community; Opens Platform
• Change.org: We’ve Seen This Before

– cpd