One important nuance worth layering/clarifying I think ( related to what troubles me about the 'crisis influencer' ): Iyer's framework describes movement work and organizing roles, ie, people coming together in a web of relationship... I do see it misinterpreted quite often through an individualistic lens (people naming themselves in roles to describe their individual work, rather than how they fit within a movement of actual humans they are in relationship with ). All that is to say, a lot of the crisis influencing/immediate posting that happens is completely disconnected from movement or organizing-- a social media following is not a community or a movement by itself, though it can be a tool for one-- and while I'm not trying to call anyone out or pick any bones of how anyone is coping either, I hope folks will, more than take a pause and check in around one's role, but more importantly ask who they are working with.
I'm so glad you're writing about this.
One important nuance worth layering/clarifying I think ( related to what troubles me about the 'crisis influencer' ): Iyer's framework describes movement work and organizing roles, ie, people coming together in a web of relationship... I do see it misinterpreted quite often through an individualistic lens (people naming themselves in roles to describe their individual work, rather than how they fit within a movement of actual humans they are in relationship with ). All that is to say, a lot of the crisis influencing/immediate posting that happens is completely disconnected from movement or organizing-- a social media following is not a community or a movement by itself, though it can be a tool for one-- and while I'm not trying to call anyone out or pick any bones of how anyone is coping either, I hope folks will, more than take a pause and check in around one's role, but more importantly ask who they are working with.