EFF, Reddit, Mozilla, others launch Internet Defense League and Cat Signal

Post by gauravk92 » Thu, Jul 19, 2012, 7:54 PM UTC

sukuriant wrote: post #73

crazygringo wrote: post #24

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I totally agree that the cat/league/etc. is ridiculous. The problem is not with old style senators. The problem is with the 95% of the general population that is confused or turned off by it. You're trying to convince the general electorate, which then determines who gets elected. It does feel like a little club of geeks, which is not effective as a movement that aims to convince/beyond that circle.

Honestly, the 95% of the general population is the percent that still throws around cat pictures as though they're the newest and greatest things. My mother is often sending me cute animal pictures that were popular in the 90's and early 2000's.

Post by mcguire » Thu, Jul 19, 2012, 8:08 PM UTC

kitsune_ wrote: post #11

victork2 wrote: post #4

Well it embodies the best and the worst of internet movements. While the foundations are good: protecting the web from bad laws, restrictions etc... the execution is really ridiculous. Imagine you're an old style Senator or representative and you see that website with a weird ass looking cat... Do you really think it's going to make them think you're anything but a joke? I find that the words used are equally ridicul…

As if an "old style Senator" would base his support for or against a bill on a website's design. This is about engaging young nerds and non-nerds, average citizens and making an impact on main stream media. It's a marketing and PR stunt. It will trigger media coverage and thousands of phone calls... politicians fear at least one of those two things like the plague. And it's probably not the phone calls. We already ha…

Post by mcguire » Thu, Jul 19, 2012, 8:18 PM UTC

vipervpn wrote: post #86

NEWS FLASH: Being bitter, apathetic and contrarian does not make you sound smart. This is undeniably an awesome idea. Stop searching for flaws and help.

Post by guelo » Thu, Jul 19, 2012, 8:32 PM UTC

MSM wrote: post #88

chez17 wrote: post #80

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No, the least you could do is make snarky comments about the people who are actually trying to do something. This isn't about 'signing up' for a website. This is about trying to mobilize a group of people that often times is not that involved with politics. The idea is that when you sign up, you'll take action on the items that the site informs you about. There is literally nothing like this on the internet for this…

> We stopped SOPA This is what I'm worried about. Who really stopped SOPA? You can bet that anyone who signs up for this will go around touting how they stopped SOPA, just like the guy next to me pretty much single handedly saved Haiti in 2010 with his $5 donation to the Red Cross. There is a disparity between giving money so that others can continue to do work and being the one doing the work. I want that distinctio…

Post by warmfuzzykitten » Thu, Jul 19, 2012, 9:16 PM UTC

rufugee wrote: post #90

Oddly, signing up wouldn't work for me in chrome...only Firefox worked. When I submitted the form in chrome, is just reloaded the page.