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[ NNSquad ] A quick Wikipedia calculation


A quick Wikipedia calculation
http://j.mp/wikiblo  (This message on Google+)

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The Wikipedia Elite in Action: Something like 2 billion people use the
Internet. Wikipedia says that around 1800 people participated in a
vote to blackout the English language Wikipedia globally. Talk about
the 1%!  That's (unless my calculations are faulty) the actions of the
.00009% imposing their will on the world.  Now that's democracy in
action.  NOT.

Yes, Wikipedia will be back, and will have accomplished nothing good.
Washington will be flooded with calls and emails, Congressmen (who by
now are mostly already pretty well versed on SOPA and PIPA) will be
irritated, will nod about the protest, but will relegate it to the
same garbage can as most every other mass protest and mass mailing.
Personal mail from constituents matters to Congress, mass protests of
this sort (quite appropriately in many cases) do not.  And many people
will never, ever trust Wikipedia again, never knowing when Wikipedia
might decide that there's another cause for which they will
unilaterally shut out the world.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org 
Founder:
 - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org 
 - Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
 - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com 
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com 
Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren 
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein 
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com


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