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I wonder if the protest suffers if too many sites that are publicly perceived as "evil" or even "slightly evil" join the blackout. The public might start to th
by VMG 15y ago
I wonder if the protest suffers if too many sites that are publicly perceived as "evil" or even "slightly evil" join the blackout. The public might start to think that these sites should be blacked out.
- Homunculiheaded 15y agoI think the real purpose of these blackouts is to get users to finally do something. As much as I oppose sopa/pipa it wasn't until the Wikipedia blackout with direct links to my congressman/senators contact forms that I actually took the time to write letters to all of them. It had been on my "yea yea I'll get to it" list for a long time. Now I'm sure there are many HNers who are deeply cynical about the value of writing to senators, but honestly you have to at least give it a shot.
- chimeracoder 15y agoI was afraid of that, but now that I think about it, it's less of an issue when the big names (Wikipedia/Google) are joining in. It makes it harder for a politician to single those websites out and spin the protests in a negative light. (Then again, anything's possible in politics and PR, so it's hard but not impossible).