Buzzfeed captured this moment in an article titled “The Internet’s March on Washington.” We had a great meetup & panel discussion in Boulder about why startups should “give a shit” about politics — just like everything on the internet, some great ideas started surfacing from the crowd and then this happened:
At an event held in Boulder, CO, on Thursday night, Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit and key figure in the online fight against the controversial SOPA and PIPA bills earlier this year, shared a loose thought: “This may be a terrible idea,” he volunteered, “but what if we chose a day to ‘geek bomb’ DC, and we scheduled meetings with representatives and senators?” He went on. What if we “brought in geeks from every one of their districts, for one day, to talk specifically about these issues?”
His language instantly became less conditional. “It’ll be [an] organized setup, kind of like a flash mob on DC,” he said.
"A national Geek Day."
And just like that, we see how Reddit’s next chapter will start: in politics.
Well Internet, we’ll see where this takes us…
Quick stop in Kearney, Nebraska on our way to Lincoln! We’ve seen snow, cows, and quite a few internet freedom supporters along the way — we met quite a few truckers here who were excited to hear about the Internet 2012 campaign.
Whether transporting beer or data, freedom from regulation is a timeless American value. Artwork by Erik Martin.
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