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Why leave it to the big guys to take the initiative? Larger players only jumped aboard the godaddy boycott after the grassroots push gained enough momentum that
by danenania 15y ago
Why leave it to the big guys to take the initiative? Larger players only jumped aboard the godaddy boycott after the grassroots push gained enough momentum that they'd look bad if they sat on their hands.
We should take the same approach here. Set a day, then gather as many companies and individuals as possible who will pledge to shut down their sites and replace them with anti-SOPA information and calls to action. Once momentum is established, then call out the big corporations and challenge them to stand up for their supposed values alongside the rest of the web. They will find this much more difficult to decline.
- jbjohns 15y agoSo you want little guys who are struggling for market share to risk it all for a fight they may not win in the end (and if they even survive, this losing stance could be held against them)? Companies like Google and FB could shut their entire US sites off for a week and wouldn't lose more than a few percentage of market share if anything at all.
- danenania 15y agoMaybe so, but the big companies don't have sincere values beyond financial self-interest. They'll only act if pushed into feeling that their credibility is at stake. Otherwise they'll pursue more conservative paths that benefit them and other large entities exclusively, like lobbying for carve-outs and exemptions, to the detriment of everyone else. Individuals and small companies actually have the ability and willingness to act decisively according to real principles and moral values. It may be unfair for the little guys to shoulder the burden at first, but the sad truth is that if we don't, no one else will.