I know, I know Occupy is dead... right

[nadinbrzezinski]

195. A little insight into OWS

And why you will not get the numbers from actuall OWS people. I just gave you the estimate from the events here in San Diego, both on Monday and yesterday. Monday Labor was in charge. So if you ask the Central Labor Council, they got a pretty damn good idea. Why? Union Contingents do that, they count who goes to marches and all that. They keep track.

Yesterday OWS was in charge. There were no sign in lists, there were no lists, period. The only thing that came even close to any list, where you could get some hard numbers, was the number of petitions going around. Of course some of us, can't sign petitions anymore, and some will not out of fear.

So there goes your only tool to get any hard numbers.

I took photos and used very specific formulas we used in EMS to do a rough estimate... but a rough estimate it remains.

Occupy, due to it's nature, does not play the numbers game. Your best bet, assuming somebody did that, is indie press if they counted numbers. I have no idea of OakSho was there, but in that sense, he's good at estimating numbers.

Also there is a certain level of paranoia due to police activity, which yesterday had me challenged by young activist, since yes I was taking photos... that is what journos do. My press pass was issued by the PD, so it looks very official, and police like, even if it says PRESS on the front. She thought, honest to god, I was undercover. Granted, I did not use her photo, not a good one, but her challenge was a tad disturbing.