Web Giants Consider 'Nuclear Option' Blackout to Fight SOPA
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Web Giants Consider 'Nuclear Option' Blackout to Fight SOPA
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Re: Web Giants Consider 'Nuclear Option' Blackout to Fight SOPA
#2This is a rehash of old news, without actually providing anything new.
Re: Web Giants Consider 'Nuclear Option' Blackout to Fight SOPA
#3I dont like the term "nuclear option". The fact that there is no "mutually assured destruction" if they follow-up with this makes this so called "nuclear option" much less scary. Besides it is never been done before, so no one even knows what would be the result.
Saying "Please stand by for a demonstration of relevancy" and doing it would be way more effective
Speaking of "nuclear options", one of the reasons the bombs were dropped on japan in WW2 instead of just sending an "or else!" telegram was that threats would not have been taken seriously until the effect was confirmed - an there were even some doubts on whether it will work at all as designed. Unfortunately it did.
Re: Web Giants Consider 'Nuclear Option' Blackout to Fight SOPA
#4When I read about this "Nuclear Option", I can't help but feel that it is nothing more than a PR ploy. How much money would be lost by companies like Amazon, Google, etc. by shutting their sites down for even a single day? Even more, this sort of stunt would be a Customer support nightmare for any of these companies. Though an interesting threat, it comes off as completely impractical from every angle.
Re: Web Giants Consider 'Nuclear Option' Blackout to Fight SOPA
#5I dont like the term "nuclear option". The fact that there is no "mutually assured destruction" if they follow-up with this makes this so called "nuclear option" much less scary. Besides it is never been done before, so no one even knows what would be the result. Saying "Please stand by for a demonstration of relevancy" and doing it would be way more effective Speaking of "nuclear options", one of the reasons the bom…
"... there were even some doubts on whether it will work at all as designed."
I recall a documentary which said that some physicists believed the bomb could cause a runaway reaction which would consume our entire atmosphere. Maybe we should be concerned about such a reaction resulting from the "nuclear option" for SOPA, or maybe it will just fizzle like a firecracker thrown into a bucket of water.
Re: Web Giants Consider 'Nuclear Option' Blackout to Fight SOPA
#6I'd like to see it if nothing else I think it would force those of us who have been to lazy to do something that day... as in "Well I was going to browse around for an hour before doing actual work but with all my sites down guess I'll do this SOPA letter to my representative thing that's been on my ToDo list"
Re: Web Giants Consider 'Nuclear Option' Blackout to Fight SOPA
#7I really don't think this will work because the Government will see it for the empty threat that it truly is.
A Google or a Facebook prove they have the guts to throw their off-switch for anyone to take this seriously.
Re: Web Giants Consider 'Nuclear Option' Blackout to Fight SOPA
#8When I read about this "Nuclear Option", I can't help but feel that it is nothing more than a PR ploy. How much money would be lost by companies like Amazon, Google, etc. by shutting their sites down for even a single day? Even more, this sort of stunt would be a Customer support nightmare for any of these companies. Though an interesting threat, it comes off as completely impractical from every angle.
If they lose less money than they would stand to lose should SOPA pass, it's a wise move.
Re: Web Giants Consider 'Nuclear Option' Blackout to Fight SOPA
#9First, construct a phase 1-blackout. Where any users sees a large screen with info to contact their reps (and then allows them to proceed to the app).
The outcome of this less-abrasive approach may be enough - and if not, Plan B can then be implemented; a complete blackout.
Re: Web Giants Consider 'Nuclear Option' Blackout to Fight SOPA
#10Seems pretty reasonable to me. It's obviously bad business to get involved in politics, but for these companies it's either "Take ourselves offline for temporarily or face the chance of getting put out of business forever."