The Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group, asked Facebook and Twitter users to change their public profile images to a red equals sign, in support of marriage equality.

CNN: In praise of 'slacktivism'

On the "larger good" point, Cole-Schwartz mentioned a message Human Rights Campaign received from a man who said his mom's first show of support for him as an openly gay person was to change her Facebook profile image to the red equals sign.

CNN: In praise of 'slacktivism'

The evidence is incomplete, but I'd bet that "completely useless" Human Rights Campaign equals-sign demonstration led people to do exactly all the things that Moylan suggests would be more valuable than clicking a button on Facebook.

CNN: In praise of 'slacktivism'

Slow growth equals either lost opportunity for Scotland while part of the UK, or a sign that it's too risky to vote when people are already facing hard times.

BBC: Growing pains and Scotland's future