Yeah, so when 'Avatar' came out, the social media world and the idea of fan communities were very new. There were forums and you could obviously go to conventions and talk to people, but it wasn't as clear or easy.
There's this group online that I frequent. It's a group of prop crazies just like me called the Replica Props Forum, and it's people who trade, make and travel in information about movie props.
The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
It's about cultural forums and movements and collectives of people taking a stand. That's all activism is.
As a source of innovation, an engine of our economy, and a forum for our political discourse, the Internet can only work if it's a truly level playing field. Small businesses should have the same ability to reach customers as powerful corporations. A blogger should have the same ability to find an audience as a media conglomerate.
America's Founders were committed to a wide-open public forum in which all voices and perspectives could have a chance of being heard.
India as a film-making nation has gained recognition, at last, at most important Western and Far Eastern forums.
Much of America is petrified to bring up race, especially in public forums - the media, in particular.
My favorite way to do business is the Landmark Education Forum.
Apart from using it to spread the word about my translation company Blue Elephant and to talk to fans, I find social media an extremely powerful forum for charity.
