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I think you're describing moveon.org. EDIT: I was unclear. "create an organization that can get everyone mobilized quickly in the future." From the wiki page

by sequoia 15y ago

I think you're describing moveon.org. EDIT: I was unclear. "create an organization that can get everyone mobilized quickly in the future." From the wiki page of moveon.org: "They started by passing around a petition asking Congress to 'censure President Clinton and move on', as opposed to impeaching him." It was a single-issue online activism group that grew into an organization known for quickly mobilizing lots of people for political causes. I should have been more specific! :)

nicksergeant 15y ago
There's not a single mention of PIPA/SOPA on that site.
LeafStorm 15y ago
MoveOn.org is a blatantly left-wing organization, whereas supporters of a free Internet come from the left, the right, the center, and the north (Libertarians, if you're using the Nolan scale). Even if MoveOn.org were to embrace the tech community and Internet freedom, they support a whole boatload of other causes that many Internet freedom supporters, myself included, disagree with, and use rather tactless advertising strategies. If we are going to start an organization dedicated to Internet freedom, it needs to be focused solely on that issue, or at least similar issues such as freedom of speech in the general sense, and not get into the other controversial topics like health care and foreign policy that have the potential to divide us.
- nextparadigms 15y ago
  You may joke, but I find the Internet to be more libertarian than anything else, and by that I don't necessarily mean the people on it, but how the Internet works.
vaksel 15y ago
not exactly, I'm talking more about a group like the NRA or AIPAC or NCAAP...something powerful enough where every presidential candidate has to come in and kiss up to get the group's approval. Something where a candidate getting rated a C or D or F by the group, means the kiss of death in politics. And something, with the following to get mobilized quickly to knee cap any bad legislation before it can even get out of committee. The tech industry makes up a huge part of the GDP...but there is very little unified influence for people to respect it.

by sequoia 15y ago

nicksergeant 15y ago

There's not a single mention of PIPA/SOPA on that site.

LeafStorm 15y ago

MoveOn.org is a blatantly left-wing organization, whereas supporters of a free Internet come from the left, the right, the center, and the north (Libertarians, if you're using the Nolan scale). Even if MoveOn.org were to embrace the tech community and Internet freedom, they support a whole boatload of other causes that many Internet freedom supporters, myself included, disagree with, and use rather tactless advertising strategies. If we are going to start an organization dedicated to Internet freedom, it needs to be focused solely on that issue, or at least similar issues such as freedom of speech in the general sense, and not get into the other controversial topics like health care and foreign policy that have the potential to divide us.

nextparadigms 15y ago
You may joke, but I find the Internet to be more libertarian than anything else, and by that I don't necessarily mean the people on it, but how the Internet works.

vaksel 15y ago

not exactly, I'm talking more about a group like the NRA or AIPAC or NCAAP...something powerful enough where every presidential candidate has to come in and kiss up to get the group's approval. Something where a candidate getting rated a C or D or F by the group, means the kiss of death in politics. And something, with the following to get mobilized quickly to knee cap any bad legislation before it can even get out of committee. The tech industry makes up a huge part of the GDP...but there is very little unified influence for people to respect it.