The internet has been a breeding ground for a new phenomena-- slacktivism (sometimes slactivism)--a combination of slacker and activism. According to the Urban Dictionary, slacktivism is "the act  of participating in obviously pointless activities as an expedient alternative to actually expending effort to fix a problem." Wikipedia takes it a step further by saying slacktivism is "considered a pejorative term that describes 'feel-good' measures" and that it has "little or no practical effect other than to make the person doing it feel satisfaction."

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