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

The point of going dark is to announce to bystanders the peril. Everyone who reads Hacker News already knows the peril...

I don't see how that'd benefit a community like Hacker News.

HN could go dark with Reddit to see what happens when nerds have nowhere to hang out.

Everyone is going to say how this is preaching to the choir. But I think it's good if it goes black so the largest news media has even more of a story. It's one thing if just Reddit goes black, that will be a big news story. But it's another thing if many sites on the internet go black.

Come to think of it, I may do this with my website as well. It's no hacker news or Reddit, but it's a good day to do it.

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 kicks in. Many HNers think that SOPA is a bad idea, a blackout will make us feel it as well.