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What's up with all the "clippy" stuff? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 week ago by abbadon420@sh.itjust.works to c/outoftheloop@lemmy.world

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On youtube I see tons of avatars and mentions of clippy, the oldscool windows help tool. Are they protesting something?

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[–] souperk@reddthat.com 7 points 1 week ago

It's a call to action from Louis Rossmann a consumer rights activist. It's supposed to help people understand how many other people are actually interested in consumer rights/right to repair/right to ownership/privacy.

There are a few videos explaining the concepts, you may want to look it up.

The only measurable outcome so far is an increase in contributions to consumerights.wiki, a wiki aiming to be a resource for consumer rights activism.

It's really fun to find clippy in the wild. Fediverse related videos/channels are more likely to have comments from clippy, but you may find him anywhere really.