Oh SOPA...

galaxyhearts

Google should have blacked out completely today. A lot of people are probably ignoring the SOPA thing altogether because they probably think it doesn't apply to them. If google disappeared for a day, I'm sure more people would care.

Actually, facebook would be a better choice. Even people who aren't really computer literate have facebook accounts. And that would get them to pay attention. But fb would lose money and clearly that's what's important here.

I love how a lot of these sites are saying they don't want to black out because they'll lose money or inconvenience their users. Uh, what about if this thing passes and your site gets shut down permanently due to copyright violations because you didn't raise awareness? That will be slightly more of an inconvenience...

I know that there'd be a lot of exposure if Facebook shut down. However, an argument could be made that Facebook is more important as a tool for communication and spreading the word. Personally, I saw a lot of people posting and discussing about SOPA on Facebook yesterday. If it was shut down, those discussions wouldn't have taken place.

Social Media is a powerful tool for protesting and spreading awareness of causes. I think that is valuable in itself.

snookumss

Google should have blacked out completely today. A lot of people are probably ignoring the SOPA thing altogether because they probably think it doesn't apply to them. If google disappeared for a day, I'm sure more people would care.

Actually, facebook would be a better choice. Even people who aren't really computer literate have facebook accounts. And that would get them to pay attention. But fb would lose money and clearly that's what's important here.

I love how a lot of these sites are saying they don't want to black out because they'll lose money or inconvenience their users. Uh, what about if this thing passes and your site gets shut down permanently due to copyright violations because you didn't raise awareness? That will be slightly more of an inconvenience...

I know that there'd be a lot of exposure if Facebook shut down. However, an argument could be made that Facebook is more important as a tool for communication and spreading the word. Personally, I saw a lot of people posting and discussing about SOPA on Facebook yesterday. If it was shut down, those discussions wouldn't have taken place.

Social Media is a powerful tool for protesting and spreading awareness of causes. I think that is valuable in itself.

What if this bill passes and we then end up losing mass social media sites like facebook? Then we wont be able to use it for communication about anything (especially not protests the government wont like) because they'd later decide to close down other websites because they have the ability to do it in the first place.