Don’t stop fighting for the defense of Net Neutrality! We only have 10 more days… or do we?
Apparently, there’s talk about DELAYING the scheduled vote to kill Net Neutrality. That’s right:
WE’LL HAVE MORE TIME TO DEFEND NET NEUTRALITY!!
With the vote delayed, this increases our chance to win this fight for Net Neutrality! Reblog this and show the world that we can still keep on fighting the good fight!
New York City Leads Local Government, Consumer Groups Asking FCC To Delay Net Neutrality Vote
This blog supports net neutrality, and is going to keep reblogging net neutrality stuff until net neutrality is safe.
I asked about your future and was presented with The Magician. It jumped out of the deck right away, so fast that I double checked with the deck to confirm it wasn’t just me being clumsy. This card shows you that you have all the personal power in yourself to create what you want in your life. Whatever it is, you can make it happen! The Magician is a good omen, and points toward success and personal power. Happy trails!! 😊
-Joy
Thank you! This makes me feel a lot better ❤
yall its been real but if net neutrality gets booted there is no way in HELL i am ever paying to use tumblr
the ironic thing to me is that yahoo is trying to end net neutrality, yet for some reason they believe they’re privileged enough be exempt from millenials’ total lack of brand loyalty
the core majority of tumblr’s userbase is millenials and people in their 30s who use this website for free or very rarely pay for services. Even tumblr’s so-called ‘celebrities’ who are regularly paying for services are majority 40-and-unders who have historically crafted their brand out of resources that are available under net neutrality and low-cost websites (Youtube, Twitter, WordPress, deviantart, Facebook, etc).
even if yahoo intends to fully alienate unpaying users and create a website that caters exclusively to those rich enough to pay monthly or weekly fees, the reality is that millenials really do hold the power to ‘kill off’ businesses that require an arbitrarily large monetary investment
as a group, we simply do not care about brand loyalty and we’re known to flagrantly flout the traditional corporate mindset of ‘they’ll pay if they’re desperate enough for what we offer’ in favor of lower-cost solutions
And while it’s probably true that if tumblr begins to fail due to the addition of micro-charging fees, then Yahoo will still be able to safely shut down the website and cut their losses, the reality is that millenials are well-known to react to that kind of corporate greed with ugly smear campaigns that make the company look bad and lose support over time. I doubt that kind of backlash would pair well with the loss of advertising dollars that Yahoo is currently generating from a low-cost, net neutral tumblr.
so, yeah. there’s a reason op currently has just under 50,000 notes on this post. the likelihood is that the vast majority of us will simply stop using the internet as much as we currently do if net neutrality is revoked. Not only will this be a huge societal loss, but in the long run–make no mistake–it will lead to the death of the biggest web-based companies due to their failure to generate core revenue.
it’s winter, y’all know what that means!!!
-MOISTURIZING!!!!
-drinking more water
-bundling up for the weather
-making sure to eat your fruits bc you don’t want to get a cold
-soouuuuppppp
-not neglecting your personal needs
-doing something kind for yourself or someone else at least once a day
-spending quality time with friends
-almost winter break! push through, you guys got this!!!!!
Please call your Senators tomorrow and tell them to oppose the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
This bill is an attempt to steal from the poor and give to the rich, and to sneakily repeal the ACA. It would repeal the individual mandate, raising premiums so much that thirteen million people would lose health insurance. (link)
It would also increase the deficit by over a trillion dollars over the next decade.
Here is a slightly changed script from Indivisble:
“Hello! My name is [NAME] and I’m calling from [PART OF STATE]. I’m calling to let Senator [SENATOR’S NAME] know that I strongly oppose the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
This tax bill is a scam that will give massive cuts to the wealthy, paid for by leaving tens of thousands of people in [STATE] uninsured, raising premiums, and raising taxes on middle-class families. This tax bill won’t help middle class families get ahead. Every single provision intended to help the middle-class expires, but the corporate tax cuts are forever.
Even worse, the CBO estimates that health insurance premiums will increase 10% more per year than they would without this bill and we know 13 million more people will be uninsured!”
Encourage your friends and family to call. If you can’t call, ask someone to call your Senators and let them know they are calling on your behalf. You can also give me your full name and zip code or street address and tell me it is for the tax bill, and I will call for you.
ImmortalWave 