Yes, I think it should.
Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
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Re: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#182I 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…
I want to know how the press, politicians, corps, individuals, the internet 'community' all are responding. Without Hacker News up I don't think I'll be well informed.
I vote for no shutdown.
Re: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's the probability that major websites join the movement? One one hand a 24-hour outage would result in loss of a couple of bucks, but on the other, they in fact participated in the IPv6 day, so I'm not sure.
One of the proposals I saw was not a complete blackout but for a interstitial notice to be inserted for 30 seconds (that can't be cancelled). I prefer such a proposal because if you need to look up critical info, you still can.
If they do that, I will make an extention to get around it.
The only way to get a bad law stopped is to destroy the people behind it.
Re: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#184I 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…
I see your point, but disagree. I think it makes a lot more sense for HN to do whatever HN believes is the most effective thing, rather than do what reddit did. I see it as fake work. We would being doing something ineffective to prove a point and distracting from something potentially more useful (which may or may not also prove that point).
HN needs to be "follower #1". This is how a movement and momentum is built.
(http://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movemen...)
Re: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#185The answer is no, people who say yes are wrong.
You black out your website to raise awareness to the cause. I think it is a fair bet that an extremely high number of HN users know a lot about SOPA / PIPA. So there is no point doing this to educate regulars.
Perhaps news will spread. Sure, it will spread in the tech community. In the tech community knowledge of SOPA / PIPA is well known. Shock waves from HN being blacked out won't travel to the general public or politicians.
But what if it does travel to the public / politicians. "A website called Hacker News blacked out? Hackers are bad right? A bit like pirates which this bill is protecting us against? Shouldn't this site be blacked out anyway?"
HN has an unfortunate name. You black out a website to make a statement. With HN which is so obviously anti-SOPA/PIPA I don't see the point.
Now.. if gravatar blacked out all of the avatars for a day. Or Google + Bing + Yahoo turned off the switch for a couple of hours at the same time... that would be a statement.
Re: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#186I think yes - not because it will matter to the users of HN, of which I imagine 99% are against SOPA, but because it will generate media interest and stories.
Re: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#187how about people who voted "yes" blackout any websites they own, along with HN?
Re: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#188No, because then I'm going to have to read Gizmodo.
Re: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#189The answer is no, people who say yes are wrong. You black out your website to raise awareness to the cause. I think it is a fair bet that an extremely high number of HN users know a lot about SOPA / PIPA. So there is no point doing this to educate regulars. Perhaps news will spread. Sure, it will spread in the tech community. In the tech community knowledge of SOPA / PIPA is well known. Shock waves from HN being blac…
Yes, Even I agree with you. IT is a no . Almost all of us know about SOPA/PIPA . Blocking HN will only hinder us in getting the news , many submit interesting articles that take a stance on SOPA that only help us. Instead start telling your friends and colleagues who are not tech savvy , how this will affect their lives. Thats what I have been doing .
Re: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#190yes