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Wouldn't it be incredibly easy for a government or major news organization to spam a news blog, causing them to rise over the 50,000-visitor threshold, thus for
by jmduke 13y ago
Wouldn't it be incredibly easy for a government or major news organization to spam a news blog, causing them to rise over the 50,000-visitor threshold, thus forcing them to apply for the license?
- mcintyre1994 13y agoI think the genius here is twofold. If a blog under that threshold seems threatening, they can do as you say. But the likelihood of that is kept low by the fact that people won't advertise their blog. Once a blog hits Twitter, Reddit or maybe even here and reaches a viral mass, that information spreads way too fast for a government to control - but who wants that to happen if they'll have to buy a license?