• Reddit gets the ball rolling; schedules SOPA blackout for the 18th
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Google might have to keep some stuff up; taking down Google Apps and shit would piss off business partners and stuff
[QUOTE=TheJoey;34166258]again, anyone who goes to reddit already knows what SOPA is. the point of a blackout is to inform people via a means of inconvenience. thus this is the point that is defeated by both [b]scheduling[/b] a blackout, and a site like reddit having it in the first place. companies like google and yahoo would have effective blackouts because of a much broader user base that has a much higher chance of being uninformed of SOPA. take all of the members that try to be edgier douchebag 4chan users, year old "new" jokes and stolen memes, and shitty unfunny "rage" comics and black out forever.[/QUOTE] I think this is being done not to inform reddit users, but to get Google and such off their asses and follow suit.
What will I do without /gonewild? Will be sure to mark the 18th on my calander as Boring Day.
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Update [url]http://techland.time.com/2012/01/12/sopa-reddit-confirms-january-18-blackout-wikipedia-and-others-may-follow/[/url] Jimmy Wales says Wikipedia may join in on the 18th Google and Twitter declined to comment
[QUOTE=smurfy;34178164]Update [url]http://techland.time.com/2012/01/12/sopa-reddit-confirms-january-18-blackout-wikipedia-and-others-may-follow/[/url] Jimmy Wales says Wikipedia may join in on the 18th Google and Twitter declined to comment[/QUOTE] I still think 12 hours (on a Wednesday) is too short of a time to have the impact they're hoping for, though I suppose they could always do it again if people don't get the message. I genuinely hope this makes an impact.
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