DD214
Founder
At the event on the 6th there was a lot of confusion among the ranks for various reasons. I have no doubt that some of the misinformation that was spread was the result of a coordinated effort to disrupt our efforts. I was a victim of this myself. Lesson learned.
By now I'm sure that everyone already knows about the DDoS attack that we suffered just a few days before the rally. This site is the most visible face of gun owners in the state of MD and offers the most open and effective means of communicating and coordinating, and I have no doubt that this was the reason for the attack. They tried to silence and disrupt, but they were only successful for a few hours.
Going forward I suspect that those that oppose us are already planning ways of causing even more confusion any way that they can. This being the case I'm urging as many people as possible to get connected via Facebook and/or Twitter. If the site is taken offline for whatever reason we can continue to communicate via those methods. And most important, at future events they are the best way to push out timely updates about what is going on to prevent confusion and disinformation from spreading. We are working on ways of making sure that in the future we can quickly and effectively disseminate accurate information and this is a key part of the plan.
I know many of you are against using either of those social media services. I understand and I resisted using them until fairly recently. But this serves a very important purpose, especially in this critical time of unprecedented attacks on our 2A rights. Accurate and timely communication is of utmost importance.
Of the two, Twitter is probably the least obnoxious. It's not much different than regular text messaging, and if you set your privacy settings correctly you will be left alone, only receiving updates from sources of your choosing.
You can find us at the following locations.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mdshooters
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mdshooters
By now I'm sure that everyone already knows about the DDoS attack that we suffered just a few days before the rally. This site is the most visible face of gun owners in the state of MD and offers the most open and effective means of communicating and coordinating, and I have no doubt that this was the reason for the attack. They tried to silence and disrupt, but they were only successful for a few hours.
Going forward I suspect that those that oppose us are already planning ways of causing even more confusion any way that they can. This being the case I'm urging as many people as possible to get connected via Facebook and/or Twitter. If the site is taken offline for whatever reason we can continue to communicate via those methods. And most important, at future events they are the best way to push out timely updates about what is going on to prevent confusion and disinformation from spreading. We are working on ways of making sure that in the future we can quickly and effectively disseminate accurate information and this is a key part of the plan.
I know many of you are against using either of those social media services. I understand and I resisted using them until fairly recently. But this serves a very important purpose, especially in this critical time of unprecedented attacks on our 2A rights. Accurate and timely communication is of utmost importance.
Of the two, Twitter is probably the least obnoxious. It's not much different than regular text messaging, and if you set your privacy settings correctly you will be left alone, only receiving updates from sources of your choosing.
You can find us at the following locations.
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mdshooters
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/mdshooters
Added FB last week and Twitter today.
