and Identica are filled with technical people that have been fighting SOPA for a while Source? See, just cuz we techies know about SOPA does not mean we are fi

and Identica are filled with technical people that have been fighting SOPA for a while Source? See, just cuz we techies know about SOPA does not mean we are fighting it. It takes a lot of repetition for messages to stick, even to people who generally agree with it. This is why ads are repeated a gazillion times: because knowing and taking action on that knowledge are very different things. I am a perfect example. Initially when this uproar started, I was like "wow, big deal." I brushed it off. Since, I've been getting hit with SOPA-related stuff all the time...and increasingly, I am getting more passionate about it. And yet, I don't think I have really done much! I haven't gotten on the phone to tell my Dad about it. I haven't reached out to my Congressman. I haven't tried to educate my own facebook fans about it. There are thousands and thousands like me: techies, informed about SOPA, and yet mostly passive until a certain tipping point. These blackouts by so-called tech sites help put us techies over the tipping point. And thousands of techies at work can help put the general public over the tipping point.