TRIFORCE89
Guide of Darkness
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- Seen Jul 21, 2024
I support the blackouts and other forms of protest happening today, but here's the problem... The audiences of those sites are already largely aware of this legislation.
Do non-Internet-savvy people visit Reddit? Probably not. For the layman who the point of these protests should actually be to educate, they won't notice. Yeah, Google US changed their logo (doesn't actually say anything at all about why though, as far as I can tell. I'm in Canada, I can't see it). Wikipedia is down... but again, nerdy Internet-heavy users actually sit there and read it all day. Others just access it as needed, and shutting down to those people just shows how the site isn't all that necessary to them and they can go find alternatives.
Seriously, lolcats is down. Oh the humanity. I think a lot more good would have happened if sites accessed by other audiences than the Internet-heavy community who is already aware and educated on the legislation took part, then there would be a greater impact.
Like CNN. If that went down, others would notice. But, it can't because its owned by a media company. So... :|
Do non-Internet-savvy people visit Reddit? Probably not. For the layman who the point of these protests should actually be to educate, they won't notice. Yeah, Google US changed their logo (doesn't actually say anything at all about why though, as far as I can tell. I'm in Canada, I can't see it). Wikipedia is down... but again, nerdy Internet-heavy users actually sit there and read it all day. Others just access it as needed, and shutting down to those people just shows how the site isn't all that necessary to them and they can go find alternatives.
Seriously, lolcats is down. Oh the humanity. I think a lot more good would have happened if sites accessed by other audiences than the Internet-heavy community who is already aware and educated on the legislation took part, then there would be a greater impact.
Like CNN. If that went down, others would notice. But, it can't because its owned by a media company. So... :|