“In some ways, I think it did send a message to those platforms that people are taking this seriously and the feeling is the stuff which they [social media companies] were doing before to try and appease people, essentially the bare minimum, wasn’t enough and it is never going to be enough.”
Onuoha, who performed for City between 2004 and 2012, believes the blackout had an impression on social media companies however does not assume additional boycotts are the way in which ahead.
“I wouldn’t say that we’re going to do an annual, monthly, or whatever, blackout because it might dilute a message and the message itself is something that deserves to be pure, I believe,” he says.
“The last boycott was a step, but I don’t think continuing to do them is going to achieve anything great unless this first one comes out as being something that drives to make significant change, because I think for too long, they’ve been able to get away with the bare minimum.
“But in the event that they do the naked minimal once more, then I feel one thing has to occur which is stronger than the boycott itself, however I’m simply not fairly certain what that’s — the place all people might nonetheless purchase in however not be too involved about dropping out [on social media benefits] themselves.”
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