Thursday, January 19, 2012
Geese Blackout in Protest of SOPA... Oh Wait
So yesterday, many high profile websites such as wikipedia and reddit blacked out their websites in protest of the SOPA bill that is being reviewed by Congress. Now while I admittedly don't know much about SOPA, what I do know is that a high profile website such as Geese Chatter should have stood tall with our internet brothers and deprived our readers of fresh material for 24 hours. I understand that many people would be devastated across the world not to read the fresh insight we provide for a day, but I think (more like thought) we owed it to the other high profile websites to show solidarity against internet censorship. So it is safe to say that I was disappointed when I saw that AMarko posted just after noon today. And then PJ (the sheep of the flock) followed his lead and posted just 6 hours later. Our blackout lasted just about half the time it should have and ended again halfway to its conclusion. (Insert premature ejaculation joke here.) I am disappointed in the lack of discipline shown by the Geese today, and despite the anticipation and need of millions to hear the Chatter on the daily, we will stand with our brothers during future internet protests- it is our duty as a high profile, high-traffic website.
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