Very Important Message

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Your freedom to post on whatever forum you like is being threatened

The internet is changing. The world's biggest internet providers are creating a system in which they can decide which sites you have access to, and which you don't.

This means: those who have the cash will have popular websites. And sites that start off small, like eBay or Wikipedia did, will not be able to get anywhere. This is massive discrimination and censorship.

We are just a small group of students, but with your help, we can stop this.
How? By making people aware of it.

More info on: http://www.movielol.com .
We use this website to spread the word and make videoclips that document our threatened internet culture, the first clip is about funny cats.

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Is porn involved? 'cause my eyes are still bleeding from the last "Urgent" and important message I received.
 

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I wish they could figure out a way to block spammers. Hint hint.

eta: just once, I'd like to see a spammer come on and say, "Look out! People are showing up on various message boards out of the blue just to forward their own paranoid delusions and/or efforts to draw people to their own site!"
 
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As far as I know that proposed (rather unlikely to get implimented) system would just make non-paying sites somewhat more slow loading at peak times--not inaccessible. Not a good thing, but not the end of the world either.
 

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They posted it in Office Party, where the posts don't count.
 

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That's a good question right now.
Just TIO, Vein.

Personally, I'm flashing on the group that targeted us with their anti-war campaign a few months ago. Is this individual the only one from his group to show up on AW?
 

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I love this.

"Protect our cherished internet so we can present messages of importance. Our first film is about funny cats."

That tickled me.
 

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veinglory said:
Funny cats are very important! Where would we be without them?
You're asking the wrong person. I have a pack of cats in my hat who do nothing all day but stare at me. :rant:
 

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veinglory said:
Funny cats are very important! Where would we be without them?

Yes. Where would we be without our funny cats.
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I was disappointed to find out that the Very Important Message was so not-very-important. I was hoping for news about some certain unspecified persons being led away in handcuffs. I guess not. :(
 

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Shiny ball? Shiny ball? Play with shiny ball?