Andrew Lih wrote:
If you haven't been following it, the Chinese
Internet is in a bad slump
right now. There are occasional reports of Internet crackdowns in China, but
the recent one should be a real concern. College campus Internet BBS systems
have had severe restrictions imposed, and some have closed down. One of the
best known Internet entrepreneurs had his personal site shut down by
government order because of content posted on April Fools day.
So many of the comments in the vote were in the spirit of, "It's not a good
time to do something that will most definitely get roped into this mess."
OTOH, some said this is exactly why it should be created, in that it will be
a canary in the coal mine, so to speak. Just thought you'd be interested in
the sentiment that they've expressed in the vote.
The uses for a dead canary are very limited. Having the miners dress up
in yellow suits to do this job strikes me as a little suicidal.
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