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lukesimcoe:

I’m thrilled that today, the sites which serve as the locus for the popular culture of the internet have all rallied against the destructive SOPA bill. No matter where you turn, sites and communities like tumblr, 4chan, Reddit — even the mostly humourous Daily What — are intervening and encouraging users to take action against the bill.

I think this could have serious, positive implications for my research. It demonstrates that the spaces of popular cultural production on the internet, and the users who participate in both the production and consumption of that culture, have a “politics” concerning the internet. It shows that all the jokes, memes, lolcats, rage comics and L33T speak that circulates on these sites can take on political and symbolic meaning and motivate users to act.

I dunno… I’m stoked.