[...] Pando Daily [...]

Not sure if trolling or just plain stupid.

I know this might be a bit off topic but reading all those tweets reminded me of that saying "every country gets the government it deserves". People, in general, don't care. There is a good reason dictatorships exist, it's because most people just don't care until the situation is so bad it can't be fixed. This SOPA debate is a really good metaphor for societies in general.

[...] is full of SOPA related thoughts, and it is apparently the only thing PandoDaily is writing about today. In fact, we’re going the anti-blackout route and publishing even more content [...]

All the posts are hilarious, from the misunderstanding of what has actually happened to Wikipedia (basic reading comprehension fail.) to the entitled rage of removing a service they pay nothing for but apparently rely on extensively. I love it all. I feed on those tears. I might not be in the states, but hopefully the revolt over SOPA/PIPA will make it clear to other governments that this sort of shenanigans won't be stood for.

This is how world class blogging is done folks, a credit to the civilization Paul Carr clearly cherishes and works to protect: 1. cut and paste selectively retweeted teenage rants 2. snidely suggest teenagers are somehow less informed than ever before in history and our future is at risk 3. make brilliant point about Wikipedia's actions without once referring to Wikipedia's directors own thoughts on their choice (which are displayed to every US user) This post is different than these selectively chosen, teenage, self centered, hormone-induced, ill-informed, 'soap Wikipedia' tweets.....how?

that's pretty funny.

Hopefully some of them will figure out how to use a browser and disable JavaScript to access the site. The real hilarity will come the next day when nothing on the web actually works and no one will tell them how to enable JavaScript!

1) Spam Escape and It won't pop up the Blackout when you first load the page. 2) Disable JavaScript. Also here are some other sites following suit in the protest. http://chrisacky.posterous.com/sopa-highights-the-roundup

The schools around here black out Wikipedia in the first place - I wonder if WikiLeaks is redacted as well...

Call to revolution.

Actually, you can still access Wikipedia by disabling javascript on your browser.

Something similar should have been done for the NDAA : lock a few well known politicians up, indefinitely, and without trial. There's really no reason to be cheerful when SOPA gets blocked because it's just a matter of time before another bill gets introduced. Everyone needs to start thinking about what exactly is going on, what the risks are and what needs to be done to change it.

My son just texted me from school saying they were all talking about wikipedia blackout, SOPA, PITA and the free internet now. Even the teachers. Thats a first ever for them, so yes. Awareness accomplished.

I bet that most of those brats tweeted "I'm the only one who didn get an iPhone/iPad/car etc", So screw them!

You know what would be better? A 24 hour misinformation. Wikipedia editors just alter articles to put in complete garbage. Only students that know their subjects / do real research get a grade. /curmudgeon

A 24 hour blackout today, to prevent a permanent one in the future. How is that not a good investment?

I wonder how many of the people complaining have donated to Wikipedia during the fundraising drives, I wonder how many of them have even updated, corrected, wrote or contributed to an article or entry. If none of the above applies to these people they don't really have as much of a right to complain because they are not active participants in the community.

The saddest part is that if they took all of three minutes to actually read the page, they'd realize how to bypass the blackout.

Our future is indeed in great hands... They didn't even read the 3-line paragraph before tweeting. This makes me so sad... I think someone should set up a twitter bot to answer those kids when they ask "Why is wikipedia blacked out?" with something like "Because it fucking can!". Grrrrr....

hoping alota these urban kids actually read that paragraph to actually see what is going on and why... awareness spread to kids who couldn't care less.

Although SOPA and PIPA are not kosher, I agree with #dickcostolo that blacking out a global business for a US only law is silly. You can STILL access wikipedia by simply disabling javascript in your browser, navigating to wikipedia and searching as usual. Go ahead, complete that homework!

I'm amazed at some of these responses...and it makes me wonder, how many people will actually stop to read and educate themselves on what's going on? Or have they already clicked away to Tweet their frustration? That's not to say this move is #Fail no Wikipedia's part. I admire them for it. (Heck, I've followed suit in my own small way by taking my site dark). I guess it just saddens me to see some of these responses...

Damn! Someone's going to have to go out in the cold, learn the dewey decimal system, and operate a microfiche reader. I'm feeling so old! Youngsters these days!

Just go to en.m.wikipedia.org, it is the mobile version of the site and it will not be blacked out. I hate losing Wikipedia for a day, but, for SOPA, I will deal with it. SOPA is evil.

"imagine a world without free knowledge"? They are making grandiose asses of themselves. Jimmy Wales is as petulant as a school girl. Better to withhold than to think.

The last Tweet is unintentionally hilarious since she misspelled "cue."