How we work

WHO DECIDES?

A million of us is real power and that only works if it's used carefully. So before we ever ask you to act, every case has to pass the same test, judged by an independent council rather than just us.

Here's exactly how it works and how we say no.

The structure

Four parts, one job: get it right.

The founder + five co-founders
Build it and run it day to day, but they don't get to pick the fights on their own.
↓CASES GO TO
The council · independent
People who aren't the founders, drawn from the community and partner groups. The council decides what we act on using the test below, so it's never just one person's opinion.
↓THE CALL GOES OUT TO
The million
You. When a call goes out you take the two-minute action, and nothing is ever demanded of you.

The test

Every case passes the same five gates, or we don't move.

InputSomething happens
→
FilterThe test · 5 gates
→
All five yesWe act
Any gate is noWe stand down
01

Is it real?

Verified and sourced. We never move on a rumour.

02

Is it an institution?

A broadcaster, a brand or a public body. Never a private individual.

03

Is there a lever?

Something a response can actually move, like a complaint or a regulator.

04

Is it proportionate?

A response that fits the harm. We answer rather than pile on.

05

Would it stand up outside?

A fair person who isn't one of us would look and see the point.

All five yes and we act. Any one of them no and we stand down. Same test every time.

How we say no

Most things won't pass. That's the point.

We will say no a lot and we mean to. A movement that acts on everything is just noise and noise gets ignored. Saving the numbers for the cases that matter is what makes them land.

When we stand down we write down why in the open, so you can hold us to the same test we hold everyone else to.

Trust the process?

Then get in the count.

One list, one account, a million of us who give a shit. We only ever move when it's right.

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