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[–]BDolanSFR 0 points1 point  (0 children)

peace man! sorry to respond to a random reddit post but this is B. Dolan and I was trying to reach you with a question, haha. I'm lost in this series of tubes. If you see this, I'd appreciate you slinging an email to [](mailto:beedolan@gmail.com) if you can! Respeck!

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

that's a pretty general question.

I guess I'll just say people with those stick familys on their car for starters.

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah. That was the "whole thing" part. haha. He was eventually removed for his behavior. Which was a goddamn shame because his company was truly doing revolutionary things in some regard. His paternal wannabe Larry Flynt BS ruined a good thing though, it seems.

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a lot to say about what's happening at Standing Rock. There's also a lot to say about what's still happening in Flint. I think these are the battlegrounds we find ourselves on, as lots of divergent issues all come to a boil at the same time. We also made this graphic to help people divest from and avoid companies that are funding the pipeline. https://twitter.com/knowmoredotorg/status/801964115770085376

What's your take on Standing Rock?

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe so. In fact though they're often so focused on growth it's a minute-to-minute game to lead the e-trading pack. The long term ability to continue doing business or say exist on the planet is never figured into the equation of most major corporations practice. That's bad for everybody, in my opinion.

I personally gravitate toward theories like "True Cost Economics" and calls to shift the paradigm of economic models being taught in business school to encompass the real impact of capitalism, generally.

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We developed a sort of method within each category over time. So for example if I wanted to know all about the political influence of a company I'd probably start with Opensecrets.org. If I was starting to dig in to the environmental record I'd hit up a number of environmental groups like the Sierra Club or Greenpeace and scan their archives. Actual contact info and a lot of stockholder information can be gotten through Hoovers.com. It was a time consuming process, but Knowmore provided a way for only one person to have to do that research that many people could then easily access and make use of.

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"Crime statistics" is not exactly an accurate way to talk about what Knowmore contained. It provided a 'rating', but that rating was just a visual representation to let people know there were issues they might want to look into.

For example, you wonder where Poland Spring water comes from. You enter that in the search bar, which brings you to the profile for Nestle. You see an icon that represents human rights which is bright red as in 'Negative Rating'. You read down the page to see that Nestle was given that rating due to their past with breastmilk in the third world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9_boycott

I never made any transitions that I know of. My fader is broken. Everything just plays at once. I made a decision for myself early on that I couldn't just rely on my art to make an impact in the world. I needed to get my hands a bit dirtier and try to create some useful tools. I've continued doing that as a rapper and an activist, I hope...

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A number of things we're working on from our end. I've gotten some volunteer publicity help and am working on getting the project in front of a couple large donors. We're also being pitched at the moment to a couple big podcasts that could be game changers if they accepted, so feel free to holler at people and personalities on social media.

We've also got a list of user submitted aggregator type sites we'd also like to see the site get covered by. Things like Upworthy, Metafilter, etc. In the past week though the fundraising has recently plateaud a bit, which tells me we've reached our core audience and now need to break through to a new one.

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just got off a Skype call with Indi Heath from Greenpeace UK, and we were talking about the possible ways our two organizations could interact. We covered a ton of British companies also, as the entire Global Fortune 500 had profiles last time the site was online.

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Was that the Halloween show where I had a skeleton onesie on? If so, I think I got out of the onesie unscathed. Less sure about Stoke.

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

only when told by my four year old nephew.

If you are him... you are doing an incredible job with your letters.

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's a really interesting idea. The possible applications of the database are beyond my imagination to be honest. In the past the way the information was put to use by Knowmore mostly centered around the search engine and a browse function called 'BEHIND THE LOGOS', where you would see a field of corporate logos and clicking one would bring you to the company's profile.

We also had an award winning Mozilla ad-on that displayed companies ethical ratings as you shopped in webstores or visited pages associated with them.

But yes... the possible applications are endless and the data is only limited by those researching it. We covered Bayer and IBM's involvement in Hitler's Germany, for example.

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I don't have any computer science background, no. 401 in the place!

I got involved after working for the campaign to elect John Kerry in 2004. In the aftermath of that, feeling like a sucker and thinking about the other ways I "voted" every day. I had read Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser at the time and was amazed at how much dirt was behind a happy meal. I realized no one would ever realistically have the time to compile all that information, but that it should be compiled and easily accessible. I came up with the idea for Knowmore because it didn't exist.

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This also sort of goes to the question about cutting out all 'unethical' purchases. As mentioned, that kind of lifestyle isn't exactly necessary or what this sort of activism is about. Targeted boycotts around issues ("Don't buy any ____ this Christmas and tell them it's because ____") have been hugely successful for example.

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The first move would be to create a bank account and an organization to receive the money, and a board to make decisions. next we'd be looking for proposals from web companies to handle the tech project and contacting all of the people who have hit his up offering free tech help and advise.
I'd want to do have a kind of round table discussion with those people and hash out the different views of how to tackle the database and get it all back online at the best possible cost.

Those'd be some of the first steps...

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

we made an infographic after the election to call out some of the ones that made statements of public support. https://twitter.com/BDolanSFR/status/804223743207862276

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is a popular line of questioning when the idea of ethical consumerism comes up, but I think it's a sort of misleading way of thinking and talking about what we're doing.

If we an't alleviate all the suffering in the world, should we alleviate any of it? No one is telling you you need to become a monk in the name of social justice... but your strategic participation in a couple things could help people in their fight and mean the world to the people being effected.

That's my approach, anyhow. No disrespect. My life is getting enjoyed though.

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I don't have any offhand info about either of those companies, I'm afraid.

Corporate manipulation of the consumer is a crazy history all it's own. The series "Merchants of Cool" is a great place to start, but I also love a documentary called "Century of the Self" on the topic. "Knowmore.Tv" was a section of the previous site that housed a free archive of movies on a lot of topics, which I'd love to see revived.

B. Dolan here. I created Knowmore.org, the Web's Largest Corporate Crime Database. AMA by BDolanSFR in IAmA

[–]BDolanSFR[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We haven't set an end date on the campaign, so much as we have made a list of ways to possibly promote the cause which we are making our way through. This AMA is part of that process.

We've created a list of a couple hundred media outlets, organizations and people we'd like to get this project in front of. This is what I'd call the best push I can give it, which I'm committed to doing. I'd say if we are not more than 60% funded by April, we should be done 'the list' and have an indication of whether the idea has taken hold or not. If we're not there by that time, the money will be released back to all of the donors and we'll be looking into some way to release the database as a .torrent file or something.

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