It would probably be easier/better if /page/<integer> returned a JSON object.
Would also make scraping the site a little easier and reduce load on your systems... (I'm interested in the titles "web workers" are giving themselves, making this a rather nice data source).
It's a great emotional tool to bring tangible people into the discussion. Although having powerful statistics and logic is nice, it's appealing to see the faces of real people that would be affected by this bill.
I can't find it now, but there was some interesting research done a while back on charities. Turns out that people would donate more to a charity that helps a single child rather than one that helps a million children, simply because the former has a more tangible benefit.
For me, I began to read the paragraph, but my eyes were quickly distracted to the loading pictures. I assumed this was an anti SOPA page, but had to reread it to make sure.
Please make the premise of the page, big, bold, and in the first line of text, so distracted congressmen don't miss what it is they're being told.
I would not be surprised at all if a lot of people added themselves without realizing this was linked to SOPA.
I didn't even notice the text and jumped right to the pictures… I thought this was some kind of "hey, we work on the same stuff! I'm proud to be working on the Internet".
Yes, I completely agree. But perhaps you could be smiling, at a nice sunny location. The human element would be there. That's not a "prison mug shot". Plenty of the photos on the site are like that.
But if you're trying to say "Look, you're going to put all these people out of work if this thing passes", i.e. you're pointing out the human element of what the bill could cause, what is an average, uninformed person ("the world", as the website says) going to think when they see a bunch of people making ridiculous poses?
This site seemed really cool, until they ruined it with the text at the top: "We know first-hand that the Internet powers the American dream. American innovators have built the world's most popular sites"
Whoa, babe city. Scrolled down through a few dozen photos. All the girls are babes, and about 60% of the dudes (which, being heterosexual, is a pretty good percentage). The internet is more attractive than expected. ;)
>We know first-hand that the Internet powers the American dream.
It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it[1]. Wake the fuck up. There is no American Dream, exceptions prove the rule. It's a convenient self-delusion that keeps most people in line. If you want to fight legislation like this, the first thing you have to realize that all these values on the constitution don't mean shit, especially to the politicians pushing these bills. I'm really sorry to be so blunt, but this is something that people need to have pounded into their heads, or else there will never be any change. You can't fight this system of corruption while believing in its lies at the same time.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 102 ms ] threadThat being said I think it still makes sense for the site to just list American entrepreneurs/developers/designers/etc.
Would also make scraping the site a little easier and reduce load on your systems... (I'm interested in the titles "web workers" are giving themselves, making this a rather nice data source).
PS: I play nice and won't "leech," promise. ;)
I can't find it now, but there was some interesting research done a while back on charities. Turns out that people would donate more to a charity that helps a single child rather than one that helps a million children, simply because the former has a more tangible benefit.
For me, I began to read the paragraph, but my eyes were quickly distracted to the loading pictures. I assumed this was an anti SOPA page, but had to reread it to make sure.
Please make the premise of the page, big, bold, and in the first line of text, so distracted congressmen don't miss what it is they're being told.
I didn't even notice the text and jumped right to the pictures… I thought this was some kind of "hey, we work on the same stuff! I'm proud to be working on the Internet".
And any news about the new rewritten version of SOPA, the [OPEN Act](http://arst.ch/ru6)?
If you're trying to make a political message clear, is this how you want to represent yourself?
But if you're trying to say "Look, you're going to put all these people out of work if this thing passes", i.e. you're pointing out the human element of what the bill could cause, what is an average, uninformed person ("the world", as the website says) going to think when they see a bunch of people making ridiculous poses?
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http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw4es2F2II1r8635ko1_250.jp...
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I very much doubt they'd emphasise.
And it takes nothing more than the mainstream media selectively ignoring the majority to make the whole industry look like asshats.
It's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it[1]. Wake the fuck up. There is no American Dream, exceptions prove the rule. It's a convenient self-delusion that keeps most people in line. If you want to fight legislation like this, the first thing you have to realize that all these values on the constitution don't mean shit, especially to the politicians pushing these bills. I'm really sorry to be so blunt, but this is something that people need to have pounded into their heads, or else there will never be any change. You can't fight this system of corruption while believing in its lies at the same time.
[1] quoting George Carlin here.