[Klug-general] Internet Shutdown Wednesday 18th

[David Halliday]

I think that turning off the servers is not going to do much, many people
are just going to assume a site is broken (not something you might want to
promote).

I think a more practical approach would be to replace a site with a single
page explaining what is happening. Taking a site offline will in most cases
inconvenience users more than raise awareness and understanding.
Perhaps a server configuration to give everyone an information page. Short
sweet and to the point with a "more information" link and a "continue to
site as normal" link.
Don't byte the hand that clicks your links ;-)

But when it comes to internet and politics, what do I know? Surely nowhere
near as much as the people at digg and redit. Two sites the absence of
which is going to cripple the internet and inspire articles about the
billions the economy has lost in productivity!
On Jan 16, 2012 11:00 PM, "James Morris" <jwm.art.net at gmail.com> wrote:

> apparently it's been shelved.... at least sopa has, but not pipa.
>
> http://www.neowin.net/news/internet-wins-a-victory-as-sopa-is-shelved
>
> i've been thinking about blacking out my site - not that i get much
> traffic either.
>
> James.
>
>
> On 16 January 2012 02:05, nic dan <dungeons88 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Yes, I agree - shut the site
> > I'm having my own 'no internet' day as my own protest, [ and that's hard,
> > I'm an absolute addict] and have been publicising info about SOPA on
> > PuppyLinux forums
> > Bl**dy corporatism laws!!
> >
> > Aitch :)
> >
> > ________________________________
> > Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 09:45:13 +0000
> > From: pchilds at bcs.org
> > To: kent at mailman.lug.org.uk
> > Subject: [Klug-general] Internet Shutdown Wednesday 18th
> >
> >
> > Are we shutting down the Kent Lug website on Wednesday?
> >
> > In short large parts of the Internet will shutdown for 12 hours Wednesday
> > afternoon.
> >
> > http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/533
> >
> > My thought is that we probably ought to
> >
> > Comments?
> >
> > Peter.
> >
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