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It seems to me that if Google, Facebook, etc. really wanted to effect change, just redirect their homepages to a message about SOPA and why this legislation is
by swalkergibson 15y ago
It seems to me that if Google, Facebook, etc. really wanted to effect change, just redirect their homepages to a message about SOPA and why this legislation is detrimental to the economy, etc. That would be better than any lobbying money spent in Congress. It could be the "emergency broadcast system" of sorts. I suspect that the inundation of phone calls from constituents unable to search for Thanksgiving recipes utilizing their favorite search engine would make my vote awfully easy.
- waterside81 15y agoThis is a fantastic point. While perhaps it would be too detrimental to their respective services (how many $/min would Google and its ad partners lose?), this would really hit people across the US quickly and hopefully piss them of enough to phone someone.
- notatoad 15y agoYeah, I can't even imagine the things that Facebook could accomplish if they held their site hostage for just one hour.