Post: Wikipedia confirmed to blackout in against SOPA
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01-16-2012, 11:47 PM
#1
Grumpy
Grumpy is God.
Thats right Wikipedia has officially that they will indeed be blacking out against SOPA on January 18th 2012.
Founder Jimmy Wales made the announcement in tweets on Monday, telling followers his goal is to "melt phone systems in Washington" in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the PROTECT IP Act in the Senate.
The online protest puts Wikipedia in the company of other websites such as Reddit and popular games such as Minecraft in leveraging its substantial size and clout to campaign against the bills. Wales suggested on Twitter the impact of the blackout could be significant, given that "comScore estimates the English Wikipedia receives 25 million average daily visitors globally."
The site began weeks ago soliciting input from users on whether to implement a full or partial blackout of Wikipedia. Wales said Monday that the protest will involve only the English site.
"Final details under consideration but consensus seems to be for 'full' rather than 'soft' blackout!," he tweeted.
This should help the protest considerably from the websites I have seen I think Wikipedia has more visitors daily then all the other ones combined. Wikipedia has an estimated 25 million visitors daily globally. So that should help a lot and maybe be a fucking slap in the face for the United States government. :rolleyes:
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01-17-2012, 12:06 AM
#2
Warlockplayer19
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Originally posted by Grumpy
Thats right Wikipedia has officially that they will indeed be blacking out against SOPA on January 18th 2012.
Founder Jimmy Wales made the announcement in tweets on Monday, telling followers his goal is to "melt phone systems in Washington" in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the PROTECT IP Act in the Senate.
The online protest puts Wikipedia in the company of other websites such as Reddit and popular games such as Minecraft in leveraging its substantial size and clout to campaign against the bills. Wales suggested on Twitter the impact of the blackout could be significant, given that "comScore estimates the English Wikipedia receives 25 million average daily visitors globally."
The site began weeks ago soliciting input from users on whether to implement a full or partial blackout of Wikipedia. Wales said Monday that the protest will involve only the English site.
"Final details under consideration but consensus seems to be for 'full' rather than 'soft' blackout!," he tweeted.
This should help the protest considerably from the websites I have seen I think Wikipedia has more visitors daily then all the other ones combined. Wikipedia has an estimated 25 million visitors daily globally. So that should help a lot and maybe be a fucking slap in the face for the United States government. :rolleyes:
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This is crazy some of the biggest sites are participating and on top of that the white house is against SOPA now there is no possible way this shit is going to pass
01-17-2012, 12:10 AM
#3
Grumpy
Grumpy is God.
Originally posted by Warlockplayer19
This is crazy some of the biggest sites are participating and on top of that the white house is against SOPA now there is no possible way this shit is going to pass
I haven't heard anything about the White House being against it and how many people in the White House are against it but these major sites will help for sure. I wouldn't say there is know way though it's still very possible.
01-17-2012, 12:16 AM
#4
Warlockplayer19
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Originally posted by Grumpy
I haven't heard anything about the White House being against it and how many people in the White House are against it but these major sites will help for sure. I wouldn't say there is know way though it's still very possible.
It was all over the internet earlier about the white house being against it
01-17-2012, 03:08 AM
#7
.Requiem.
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Originally posted by Grumpy
Thats right Wikipedia has officially that they will indeed be blacking out against SOPA on January 18th 2012.
Founder Jimmy Wales made the announcement in tweets on Monday, telling followers his goal is to "melt phone systems in Washington" in opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the PROTECT IP Act in the Senate.
The online protest puts Wikipedia in the company of other websites such as Reddit and popular games such as Minecraft in leveraging its substantial size and clout to campaign against the bills. Wales suggested on Twitter the impact of the blackout could be significant, given that "comScore estimates the English Wikipedia receives 25 million average daily visitors globally."
The site began weeks ago soliciting input from users on whether to implement a full or partial blackout of Wikipedia. Wales said Monday that the protest will involve only the English site.
"Final details under consideration but consensus seems to be for 'full' rather than 'soft' blackout!," he tweeted.
This should help the protest considerably from the websites I have seen I think Wikipedia has more visitors daily then all the other ones combined. Wikipedia has an estimated 25 million visitors daily globally. So that should help a lot and maybe be a fucking slap in the face for the United States government. :rolleyes:
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Inb4 my class is in the computer lab that day lol.
01-17-2012, 03:10 AM
#8
Grumpy
Grumpy is God.
Originally posted by .Robot
Google should join
Yea I wish but that will never happen...
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Originally posted by .Requiem.
Inb4 my class is in the computer lab that day lol.
You making a joke or is your computer class really that day?
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