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I'm afraid.
Isn't HN becoming enough like Reddit already with the kind of stories that are posted? Last thing we need are the redditors then it's Reddit 2.0.
No because anyone who already reads HN already knows SOPA. The only thing that will be effective is if sites that normal non-tech people visit go dark.
Is more valuable than that.
To the eyes of history, you have symbolic value in participating of a protest.
People will talk about what you did or did not in historically important (game changer) times.
So is all about how do you want them to talk about you in relation to this?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm afraid.
Isn't HN becoming enough like Reddit already with the kind of stories that are posted? Last thing we need are the redditors then it's Reddit 2.0.
No because anyone who already reads HN already knows SOPA. The only thing that will be effective is if sites that normal non-tech people visit go dark.
Going dark's is not only about being informative. Is more valuable than that. To the eyes of history, you have symbolic value in participating of a protest. People will talk about what you did or did not in historically important (game changer) times. So is all about how do you want them to talk about you in relation to this?
No because anyone who already reads HN already knows SOPA. The only thing that will be effective is if sites that normal non-tech people visit go dark.
Something to consider - if HN doesn't go dark it may become a refugee camp for a good chunk of bored reddit users (c. 70m daily pageviews), which could lead to a radical change in HN's userbase. Good to support, too.
Either way, I don't think it's that big of a concern.
No because anyone who already reads HN already knows SOPA. The only thing that will be effective is if sites that normal non-tech people visit go dark.
Agreed. I'm all for raising awareness, but many of the articles surfacing here over the past few weeks have been SOPA related and taking down the whole site to put up one message may actually reduce the amount of SOPA/PIPA-related information people are reading. For reference, all SOPA related articles on HN: http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=SOPA
Should HN go dark? Yes! Would it be effective? No!
No because anyone who already reads HN already knows SOPA. The only thing that will be effective is if sites that normal non-tech people visit go dark.
Despite the fact that the majority of HN readers already know about SOPA, I think it's an excellent idea for these other reasons.
It might also be an opportunity to get some of us off our butts and use the time we spend reading HN each day to call our representatives in congress instead.