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If this site is being hosted in the US, then this website is going to be siezed by the US ICE. That's not good. If this site is hosted elsewhere, then the US will not have access to it. The blackout is meant to raise awareness about SOPA/PIPA for those who don't know about it, or don't know its impact. Some people here know about it, but just don't care. This inconvenience will show people just how bad it is (not to scale). THis is why this is necessary
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 03:35:16 UTC from web-
@the20percent on top of that, but because of less traffick, advertising prices can go down, leaving this site with less money.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 03:36:32 UTC from web -
@the20percent Pretty sure an earlier post by Cabal said they're hosted in Germany, but the domain may be in the states.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 03:36:43 UTC from web-
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 03:37:09 UTC from web
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@abigpony Wrong, the company hosting us is US based, but the datacenter is in germany. Our domain in in the US though, and subject to Law.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 03:39:48 UTC from web -
@the20percent I agree that if it can help, I can find something not connected to Wikipedia, RDN or other sites for a while. Is it necessary however? No. The problem I have is that people are calling it necessary and whatnot. The site being down for a while isn't anything to freak out about, but neither will the site being down make or break the SOPA situation in my opinion. Treat it like it is, a potential help to the situation regardless of how large or little it will impact the outcome with minor inconvenience for a short while, not the end of the world.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 03:42:22 UTC from web-
@pumpkinhill Indeed.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 03:43:16 UTC from web -
@pumpkinhill well, technically no protest is "necessary"
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 03:44:14 UTC from web-
@the20percent Well the way you all threw around the word necessary I wouldn't think so. Regardless, I honestly just want to know what the point that is trying to be got across is? Most of us here seem to understand the importance regardless of whether we support a blackout or not and a decision hasn't even been made yet. Why is this so heated?
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 03:51:23 UTC from web-
@pumpkinhill It's the interwebs. People can easily get impassioned by trivial conversations and escalate the situation.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 03:53:28 UTC from web -
@pumpkinhill What we understand: This is bad. What we don't understand fully: EXACTLY how much it will affect us. Say what you want, but you probably haven't lived with censored internet. Most of us don't know what its like! We need to know exactly how bad it will be, so we will just make just a bit more effort, because unless the US gets 50 more representatives against this stuff, it will pass (PIPA) in the senate. We need to motivate the people making the decisions just a bit towards what the people want, instead of what the businesses want
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 03:54:53 UTC from web-
@the20percent So what do you wish me to do past those emails and whatnot that I've already done? I understand full well how inconvenient and terrible the outcome will be, but my voice can only do so much past what I've already done. Having no internet access at all for a week was more than annoying enough, but I managed. That's not the point though and the thing is that I understand how inconvenienced it would be and how privileged we are right now to have it.
Tuesday, 17-Jan-12 03:59:05 UTC from web
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