Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?

Post by nextparadigms » Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 5:26 AM UTC

lallysingh wrote: post #80

Samuel_Michon wrote: post #10

1) The more sites decide to shut down on the 18th, the easier it becomes for major websites like Google, Twitter, and Facebook to join. It also increases the chances that this is going to be covered by the mainstream media. 2) Perhaps a blackout will give some HNers the final push (and time) to make some phone calls to their representatives. 3) It can serve as a demonstration of what the web will be like if SOPA kick…

FWIW, I think if Google, Twitter, and/or Facebook joined, they'd just put up custom messages (maybe with a link?) to an anti-SOPA page. Of course, the question is, how do they define their political neutrality after this?

Post by johnthedebs » Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 5:45 AM UTC

kevinalexbrown wrote: post #62

I wanted to vote no, because it seems so Pyrrhic, maybe a little gimmicky: "See, we shut down a site you don't use!" But if you're asking people to make a sacrifice you're not willing to make yourself, you're a bad leader, period. I'm not saying HN is the bastion of the tech world. But if we're upvoting the Reddit shutdown (at least I did), and we can't turn around and do it ourselves, well, we're not made of very to…

Post by the_tubes » Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 6:09 AM UTC

Post by TWAndrews » Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 6:18 AM UTC

Post by jen_h » Thu, Jan 12, 2012, 6:18 AM UTC