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--- op:safewinter [2024/11/17 04:02] – [How You Can Help] Humphrey Boa-Gart
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 ===== How You Can Help =====
-//Operation Safe Winter// is the [[tactics:decentralization|decentralized model]] of Anonymous as applied to charitable activities. **Anyone can participate in //Safe Winter//.** It is an idea and a model that anyone can take up and deploy in their locale. There is no oversight or "boss" of //Safe Winter//. **It is up to you to decide your own level of participation, and how to go about it.**
+//Operation Safe Winter// is the [[tactics:decentralization|decentralized model]] of Anonymous as applied to charitable activities. **Anyone can participate in //Safe Winter//.** It is an idea and a model that anyone can take up and deploy in their own locale. There is no oversight or "boss" of //Safe Winter//. **It is up to you to decide your own level of participation, and how to go about it.**
 To help you get started, here are several ways you can participate in //Safe Winter//:
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 [{{ :op:safewinter:safewinter_qr.png?200|Use this QR code to direct others to this page.}}]
-You can also help by **spreading the word** about //Operation Safe Winter// to your family and friends, and by making use of the [[ht>OpSafeWinter]] hashtag. **//Please do more besides just spamming the hashtag with random photos and memes, as this is incredibly ineffective at actually helping the homeless, and buries more useful posts!//** Try to describe the ways people can actually participate in this op. Publish lists of supplies people should be collecting. Give tips on how to engage with the homeless in a respectful manner. Provide contact information for local organizations and soup kitchens that volunteers can actually follow up with. Give potential recruits starting points to work with, or they are just going to scroll past your posts and forget about them.
+You can also help by **spreading the word** about //Operation Safe Winter// to your family and friends, and by making use of the [[ht>OpSafeWinter]] hashtag. **//Please do more besides just spamming the hashtag with random photos and memes. This is incredibly ineffective at actually helping the homeless, and buries useful posts!//** Try to describe the ways people can actually participate in this op. Publish lists of supplies people should be collecting. Give tips on how to engage with the homeless in a respectful manner. Provide contact information for local organizations and soup kitchens that volunteers can actually follow up with. Give potential recruits starting points to work with, or they are just going to scroll past your posts and forget about them.
 Feel free to copy the resources available & tips on this page, or even just direct people straight to this "official" page. We even have a QR code that sends people here, that you can put on stickers or embed in fliers and banner ads.
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 ===== What About Spring, Summer & Fall? =====
-{{wst>expand}}
+One of the most frequently asked questions we see on social media in regards to //Safe Winter// is **"Why is Anonymous only helping the homeless in the winter? What about the other three seasons?"** And to that we say **//"What are YOU doing in spring, summer & fall for the homeless?"//**
+The purpose of //Safe Winter// is to provide a **starting point** for charitable activity. It is something to get people out there and //doing things// that they might not already be doing. You don't have to stop just because winter ends, and in fact the Collective //encourages// you to keep doing these things year-round. Stop nitpicking semantics, and just get out there and help your fellow man. FFS.:serious:
 ===== PSA: Watch Out For Scammers & Frauds! =====
-Just about every year since //Safe Winter// has started, there is always someone who tries to take advantage of the operation to promote **fake charity drives**. These people, who see the suffering of their fellow man as something to be profited upon, call for donations on places like social media, only to pocket the money for themselves. Be warned that **//Safe Winter does not run donation drives, and anyone who is caught doing this will face the full wrath of Anonymous.//**
+Just about every year since //Safe Winter// has started, there is always someone who tries to take advantage of the operation to promote **fake charity drives**. These people, who see the suffering of their fellow man as something to be profited upon, call for donations on places like social media, only to pocket the money for themselves. Be warned that **//Safe Winter does not run donation drives, and anyone who is caught doing this will face the full wrath of Anonymous.//**:jihad:
 Some of these grifters have been embedded in the community for years. They are usually the [[ht>MythSec|loudest ones]] virtue signaling about //Safe Winter//, when in reality they are **parasites** who do nothing of value for the homeless nor the collective. On top of that, [[x>IAmPuckArks|some people]] you will find "advertising" //Safe Winter// are actually [[hazards:shills]] who are shamelessly using it as a cover for their activities. **//The point of Safe Winter is to help the homeless - not to tell the world that you are helping the homeless as part of a clout chasing gimmick.//**

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