Consumer Revolt Spurred Via the Internet

sas-dot writes "UK's newspaper Independent outlines the brewing consumer revolt being fomented on the web. 'Consumer militancy' is becoming ever more common, as individuals join forces on the internet to fight back against the state and big business. Businesses from banks to soccer clubs have been the target of these groups, in each case facing the fury of consumers who feel they have been wronged. For example, 'A mass revolt has left the high street banks facing thousands of claims from customers seeking to claw back some of the £4.75bn levied annually on charges for overdrafts and bounced cheques. More than one million forms demanding refunds have been downloaded from a number of consumer websites. The banks are settling out of court, often paying £1,000 a time.' Are these kinds of organized 'advocate mobs' going to be the future of internet activism?"

Comments

Which of the following should we call FOOTball?

[geekoid]

1. A bunch of players maneuvering a ball around a field measured with the metric system? Meterball.

2. A bunch of players maneuvering a ball around a field measured with the 'english' system? Football

Since neither of the sports uses just one foot, shouldn't it be feetball?

FYI: the NFL takes steroids very seriously and tests with great rigor. Not to be confused with there testing of recreation drugs, which they treat as a medical problem. The policy makes sense when you consider it's about maintaing a balance of competitive edges.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/6744864

I would be surprised if any professional soccer league in world was a strigent about "'roids" as the NFL is.

People are people. If there are people that play football that would take "'roids" then there are people whio play soccer who would take it. The question then becomes "What does the league do to curb it's use?"

on the funny side, while looking up some information, I cvame accross this tidbit:

http://www.athleticscholarships.net/history-of-soc cer.htm

"that took place in the united States was watched by an estimated 33 billion people around the world for almost 27 days. "

33 billion? heh.

Also, at one point it was outlawed in England.

It's a silly debate because Rugby, Football(soccer) and football(football) all go back to the same sport.

If you want to get pendantic, then soccer should be called 'Mob Ball' as it was in Britain at one time. Especially since soccer is a direct descendant of 'Mob Ball'