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Today Sept 10, 2014 you may find that a number of sites are "featuring" notices and links to "Battle for the Net".
Aside from being a US concern - as this question is currently in front of the FCC - these sites, and this organization are looking to swell the grass roots effort to maintain the internet as it currently exists - without a slow lane or corporate interference when you go out and retrieve websites.
If you are in the US please take the time to visit the effort; reach out to the FCC and your representatives. If we bring enough voices to this fight we can get the FCC to back away from the corporate interference like we did for SOPA.
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Internet Slowdown Day Sept 10 - The Fight for Net Neutrality
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I feel like I'm in a Toilet Bowl with a thumbtack in my forehead!!
(Score: 2, Informative) by SrLnclt on Wednesday September 10 2014, @07:45PM
From TFA (with original emphasis): "On September 10th, sites across the web will display an alert with a symbolic "loading" symbol (the proverbial “spinning wheel of death”) and promote a call to action for users to push comments to the FCC, Congress, and the White House. Note: none of these tools actually slow your site down; they tell your visitors about the issue and ask them to contact lawmakers."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 10 2014, @07:59PM
It's an intrusive popover message telling visitors to do what the message says. It's more intrusive than a popup ad and more annoying than a popunder ad.
When I see an intrusive popover message telling me to do what the message says, I'm not going to do what it says. I am going to close the window immediately and never visit the site again. Ever.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 10 2014, @08:05PM
Enjoy life without Netflix then?
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 10 2014, @08:11PM
Yes. Yes, I do enjoy life without Netflix.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 11 2014, @07:27AM
Knee-jerk rebelliousness like doing the opposite of what is suggested is fine when you're a kid, but you're really supposed to have more nuanced, mature ways of handling things by the time you're in your mid-teens, let alone an adult. How would you propose they alert the non-tech people that otherwise won't hear about it?