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posted by NCommander on Wednesday July 12 2017, @09:36PM   Printer-friendly
from the bit-late-to-the-party dept.

We're a bit late to the party, but for those who haven't seen on the Internet, today is a protest day for Net Neutrality, where sites across the internet are disrupting their normal operations to get the word out and get people to send a message. Ars Technica already has a fairly decent summary of who's doing what, and we stand with them and the rest of the Internet.

Due to real life issues, I was late on getting this together, but for the rest of the day, this article will remain on the top of the page and we will be blacking the theme of the site in protest [Technical issues among others precluded our doing so today --martyb].

If you're a US citizen, and want to get the word out, check Battle for the Net, and get the word out. In addition, there are long discussions going on reddit and other sites throughout the internet

Let's get the word out!

~ NCommander

 
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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by NCommander on Wednesday July 12 2017, @07:58PM (8 children)

    by NCommander (2) Subscriber Badge <michael@casadevall.pro> on Wednesday July 12 2017, @07:58PM (#538283) Homepage Journal

    I do believe that is the first death threat I've gotten since we started this site, granted a weak one. Only took three years; took me long enough to do something right.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday July 12 2017, @08:10PM (6 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 12 2017, @08:10PM (#538297) Journal

    Only took three years; took me long enough to do something right.
    "After all, I've tried for three years, seems like ninety"

    Oh, do get up and go have a rest. SN is no better nor worse than this entire fucked-up world.

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    • (Score: 2) by NCommander on Wednesday July 12 2017, @08:20PM (5 children)

      by NCommander (2) Subscriber Badge <michael@casadevall.pro> on Wednesday July 12 2017, @08:20PM (#538304) Homepage Journal

      I was mostly making a (weak) joke about the fact that you've stood up for something when you're threatened about it.

      I do think I'm going to go AFK for awhile though, and see if I can sleep this off.

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      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday July 12 2017, @08:31PM (4 children)

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Wednesday July 12 2017, @08:31PM (#538312) Journal

        Can we start spam-modding shit that's very clearly not only trollish but also content-free?

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        • (Score: 2) by requerdanos on Wednesday July 12 2017, @11:59PM (3 children)

          by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday July 12 2017, @11:59PM (#538449) Journal

          Can we start spam-modding

          As far as I know, there are moderating "guidelines" but no rules as such. Anyone can mod anything anyway they choose.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @01:38AM (2 children)

            by Anonymous Coward on Thursday July 13 2017, @01:38AM (#538502)

            "Without the mod-ban hammer coming down" may have been implied.

            • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday July 13 2017, @03:30AM (1 child)

              by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Thursday July 13 2017, @03:30AM (#538542) Journal

              It was indeed. Personally I think any low-content troll deserves a Spam mod, but I'm also not an admin.

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              • (Score: 2) by fleg on Thursday July 13 2017, @06:09AM

                by fleg (128) Subscriber Badge on Thursday July 13 2017, @06:09AM (#538592)

                there was some discussion on this a while ago, here [soylentnews.org] and here [soylentnews.org] but basically the modfaq [soylentnews.org] gives some examples of what can be modded spam...

                >Posts so offtopic and lacking value to even be a troll that they can't be called anything else.

                so imo i'd say, yeah it can marked as spam.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @09:25PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 12 2017, @09:25PM (#538360)

    Get well soon. Or else...