11/03/07 barcampLA 4: EmpowerThyself.com EmpowerThyself.com is an activism engine - a social network, a community-edited site, and a game with achievement points. Contribute and learn about goals and tactics; recruit other activists; earn gold stars. Been around for a year now. I've been wondering for a while how social network sites could be leveraged into real-world action - bingo! What an awful name though. Man, two good talks in a row. Psyched.

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