 patchgrabber
Male, 30-39, Canada
 5252 Posts
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 5:40:10 AM
I'm disappointed Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Twitter aren't doing it too. That would have sent a much bigger message. |
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 bex753
Male, 40-49, Western US
134 Posts
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:26:42 AM
I am missing my boing boing hit today, Wikipedia as reported is a disable javascript and its back baby |
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 MCMXCIII
Male, 18-29, Asia
354 Posts
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:14:41 AM
We should shut down this site for the day as well. |
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 CrakrJak
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
14374 Posts
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 3:08:50 AM
Mojang (Minecraft), and Snotr are down as well today. |
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 rammo34
Male, 18-29, Western US
1063 Posts
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 2:10:39 AM
Just stop loading the page before it cuts to the blackout screen. It's pretty easy to get around. |
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uunxx
Male, 30-39, Europe
107 Posts
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:46:04 AM
Block scripts or press stop before black screen loads, quite half assed blackout. It would be better if they did it for real. |
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 davymid
Male, 30-39, Europe
11676 Posts
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012 12:00:47 AM
Bad boy's down. They weren't messing around. |
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 alpensepp
Male, 70 & Over, Europe
1084 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 11:30:56 PM
just block scripts for wikipedia and it works just like usual. |
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 MrPeabody
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
1440 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:40:09 PM
If you really want to get the attention of the sponsors of this type of legislation, there should be a boycott of renting or buying any media or going to any theaters for like 3 days. Or maybe direct it at one particular sponsor of the bill, and get as many people as possible to boycott the release of a new movie. Any movie studio that just spent 100+ mil on a movie that no one will go to see will certainly pay attention. |
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 Discobiscuit
Male, 18-29, Western US
543 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 7:06:35 PM
I signed for this! |
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 Angelmassb
Male, 18-29, S. America
15474 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:58:17 PM
Nice try but at the end, things are going to remain the same sadly |
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 LazyMe484
Male, 18-29, Canada
10503 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:24:24 PM
Google is the key here. Everyone uses it, and google is against SOPA. All they have to do is change the homepage to some sort of anti-SOPA statement and boom, everyone knows and your useless congress gets overloaded with calls to stop it. |
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LazyMe484
Male, 18-29, Canada
10503 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 6:22:34 PM
I am not worried about this. People are pretty much universally against SOPA.
And even if it passes it's not going to stop piracy in the slightest. This whole farce is just moronic bureaucrats getting in everyone's way.
Yes, sites like this one have something to loose, maybe, but then again sites like this are themselves powerful entities that can adapt and/or fight back. |
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 LillianDulci
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
2696 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 5:13:03 PM
"Lol. I find it hilarious the a website that is the source of like 98% of plagiarism is protesting piracy. "
That's kind of the point. Wiki isn't really plagiarizing since people are supposed to cite their source. But wiki is one of the sites (including google, youtube, facebook, twitter, tumblr, even IAB) who have a LOT to lose if this passes, since it's based on user submissions. It only makes complete sense for them to protest it. |
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LillianDulci
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
2696 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 5:10:09 PM
I hope google does this too. It's a slight annoyance for a really good cause. It helps that I don't have any hw or quizzes that might require the internet tomorrow :P |
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 BlankTom
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
6532 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 4:34:24 PM
@swoop408
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literal_and_figurative_language |
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 swoop408
Male, 18-29, Western US
1768 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 4:26:38 PM
I don't use wiki. Ever. Means literally nothing to me. |
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BlankTom
Male, 30-39, Eastern US
6532 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 4:18:23 PM
Shut it down! |
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marcus2
Male, 13-17, Europe
678 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:57:07 PM
Fancy, shut the site down. |
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 Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:55:34 PM
Fancy.. how about mod status? |
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Fatninja01
Male, 18-29, Australia
23995 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:52:36 PM
If Fancy takes the day off.....wont the internet take a vacation. |
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 WolfStar
Female, 18-29, Europe
457 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:33:11 PM
Good thing my essay will be done by then. I love you Wikipedia. |
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junkaroo
Male, 30-39, Australia
226 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:25:17 PM
"I think i-a-b should band together with these sites and go offline. Stronger as a group. "
+1.
The haters on this site that like to sit around spewing meaningless negative nothingness, could use a little lesson in taking action. |
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 almightybob1
Male, 18-29, Europe
4278 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:17:06 PM
I-A-Blackout? |
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 IrishJesus
Male, 18-29, Southern US
484 Posts
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 3:16:16 PM
Yes Fancy, take a day off. I want to see the internet and all my usual sites go black.
Mostly because I need to get a life, but I sure as hell don't want SOPA to pass. |
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