Comments on: “Homeless Hotspots” sees controversy at SXSW 2012

By: Paul Theodoropoulos

Paul Theodoropoulos — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 21:40:00 +0000

Er, where, exactly, do they get the power to run their hotspot? Hand-crank generators?

By: sir1jaguar

sir1jaguar — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:24:00 +0000

Thats NOT bizarre or wrong…

They will get the money from those possible 4g user and will make them more productive than be on the center island and ask for money…

Its like, you are paying them to sell your newspaper but this one is more simpler and easy…

By: Daniel Ewing

Daniel Ewing — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:23:00 +0000

“honest money”? sitting around doing nothing, or just wandering around begging, with a hotspot in there stolen shopping cart, sounds like real hard honest work. They need to step up and get a job, there are thousands of organizations that offer work for homeless people, most times they are just to lazy, or high to utilize these. They need to stop taking handouts and help themselves. I know all homeless people don’t have the means to do so, but the vast majority are just lazy.

By: rjbuddyboi

rjbuddyboi — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 19:15:00 +0000

This is bizarre. But at least this will help them generate decent income.

By: Jwhitfield4425

Jwhitfield4425 — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:54:00 +0000

The people who complain about this project are also the ones that would never give a homeless person a chance to better themselves. Not only does the project give them a chance to earn some honest money but it also gives them the opportunity to network with those who will use the sevices & perhaps open the doors to more opportunities.

By: JohnJohnJ

JohnJohnJ — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:48:00 +0000

Author, spelling errors in your article makes your article hard to read. Edit your work before publishing: Jou. 101.

By: spacem00se

spacem00se — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 18:04:00 +0000

Kinda odd how Occupy Wall Street is allowed to use homeless for political purposes (you dont see them in protest marches, just in the tent cities), but not for mobile hot spots, which was apparently endorsed by homeless advocates.