Does anyone who reads HN not already know about the evils of SOPA?
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?
#92My goto quip for these sorts of things is Carlin's "I leave symbols to the symbol-minded." HN can do whatever it wants, I voted No purely out of self-interest but if the site goes dark I'll just do a bit more work than normal. Even if all the major sites go dark I'm not convinced it will have any lasting effect.
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#93Since Turkey has its own SOPA for years, these kind of debates happened a couple of years ago. One of the ways is to show a page with the message and let the users continue to regular site if they choose to. http://techcrunch.com/2008/08/17/web-censorship-is-so-bad-in...
Re: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#94No 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, shutting down a website that no one in congress reads, knows about, or would care about even if they knew seems pointless to me. If you want to have real effect continue (or start) to write your congress-person, educate your friends, and pressure them into doing the same. Post on Facebook, twitter, etc. Compared to these real actions, shutting down HN is useless pageantry.
I agree with you regarding the fact that no one in congress reads HN, however, I do believe that many people from very big companies (including Google, Facebook, Yahoo, etc) do spend time on HN.
Perhaps "going dark" can help encourage said companies to show support - in a similar way that the Reddit post has triggered this post.
Re: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#95The word "hacker" has a highly negative connotation to the mass media. This site may as well be called "Terrorist News" from their POV. The last thing our SOPA opposition needs is to be associated with "hackers" in the popular press. For that reason I vote No.
Re: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#96First, 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: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#97What if all companies in the YC family were to do something on January 18?
Re: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#98Only in the US. We’re pretty powerless in other countries, except for signing that White House petition.
Re: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#991) 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…
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.
see 1) of grand-parent. And remember there are creative ways to do a blackout. Darken the page, map or Google Doodle. Something to raise awareness, and increase coverage. No need to pull the DNS or serve a blank black page
Re: Poll: Do you think HN should go dark in protest of SOPA?
#100When we talk about going dark we are talking about US viewers only right? I have no power to change SOPA so there is no point protesting to me.
I proudly join my fellow protesters in the US, despite living elsewhere. The ideals they defend are mine and I stand by their side.
Shouldn't we be secretly hoping it will pass so that these big US companies will have to move their operations overseas to our countries?