I am somewhat glad that the discussion wasn’t had. Which is not to say I’m glad we didn’t black it out. I would anticipate a discussion being highly divisive in the community, with no clear majority either way, between the two general ideologies of “No politics on LW” and “SOPA and PIPA need to be stopped at all costs”. I think I would have a very slight preference towards a blackout of LW, primarily because I think the consensus (both on the general internet, and to a larger extent here) is so one-sided against SOPA/PIPA. Because of this, I don’t think the mind-killing potential is as high as it normally would be.
That being said, I don’t see much reason for a blackout. 1. SOPA/PIPA wouldn’t affect LW particularly much. 2. I would be shocked if blacking out LW actually spread the word to any additional people who didn’t already know.
But at the same time, it makes me a little sad to see websites not blacking out, today, for example Bing, by which I was very surprised. Almost all of my favorite sites have some form of protest going on.
I am somewhat glad that the discussion wasn’t had. Which is not to say I’m glad we didn’t black it out. I would anticipate a discussion being highly divisive in the community, with no clear majority either way, between the two general ideologies of “No politics on LW” and “SOPA and PIPA need to be stopped at all costs”. I think I would have a very slight preference towards a blackout of LW, primarily because I think the consensus (both on the general internet, and to a larger extent here) is so one-sided against SOPA/PIPA. Because of this, I don’t think the mind-killing potential is as high as it normally would be.
That being said, I don’t see much reason for a blackout. 1. SOPA/PIPA wouldn’t affect LW particularly much. 2. I would be shocked if blacking out LW actually spread the word to any additional people who didn’t already know.
But at the same time, it makes me a little sad to see websites not blacking out, today, for example Bing, by which I was very surprised. Almost all of my favorite sites have some form of protest going on.