“It appears that Tumblr built in a day or two what no D.C.-based technology supplier could come up with in the last five years.”
—MediaShift Idea Lab . #DontBreakTheInternet: How The Web Became a Political Force vs. SOPA | PBS (via matthew)
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Jed says:
However, what allowed Tumblr to build its SOPA bashing machine is something unique to Tumblr that I’ve never observed in any other social media service: A SPINE. What other company has ever demonstrated such willingness to inconvenience and confuse millions of users in order to draw attention to a cause it truly believes in? Name one.
Tumblr stuck its neck out and educated, empowered, and mobilized over 87,000 people as a result. We’re lucky to have Tumblr.
Hear hear.
