Reddit Turning SOPA "Blackout" Into a "Learn-In" 241
bdking writes "Reddit's planned 12-hour 'blackout' on January 18 sounds like an ineffectual, if not self-defeating, strategy for opposing the Stop Online Piracy Act. But the social news site actually will use that time not to 'go dark,' but to educate visitors about the ramifications of the House legislation that many fear will lead to widespread shutdowns of Internet sites."
As soon as (Score:5, Informative)
As soon as you submit a patch to Slashcode [slashcode.com] for slashdotters .
Re:And Slashdot? (Score:5, Informative)
What we are trying to do here (Score:5, Informative)
Disclaimer: I am a reddit admin
Here is what I'm hoping to see as the result of the blackout:
* Awareness raised among the users who don't login to the site(a majority of our traffic).
* A day of action which encourages people to contact their representatives.
* Other web properties participating in some form of highly-visible protest. A lot of the big players are considering how far they can go in protest. Hopefully the step we are taking here will give them some encouragement.
Jimmy Wales recently indicated [wikipedia.org] that he is interested in joining us. If Wikipedia joins in a blackout, the message would reach a huge number of people, and will hopefully make a splash in mainstream media and news coverage.
Re:SOPA (Score:5, Informative)
SOPA is also planned to block ip addresses so good luck with that.
"What the bill can't do is block numeric IP addresses" http://lifehacker.com/5860205/all-about-sopa-the-bill-thats-going-to-cripple-your-internet [lifehacker.com]
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Re:And Slashdot? (Score:4, Informative)
That depends much on the subreddit you're in.
Re:And Slashdot? (Score:3, Informative)