You don't have to boycott to get things to happen. Just the threat of it will cause a stir. Enough people have to threaten.
This just does not compute. By boycotting, you are harming yourself more than the company ; unless say, 10% of the consummers do the same. I've never seen 10% consummers boycott a huge company because the company presumably 'censored' one article on the web. Remember, in a free market, your political weight is only equal to the amount of money you represent - and obviously AOL/Time Warner weights more money than one individual or all the individuals concerned by this issue, willingly to sacrifice some their leisure. The people who pulled out the link, fully knew that (plus they have the option to put back the link, saying it's an error of an intern, or of some software).
Now, The Memory Hole has noticed that Time magazine has pulled an article by Bush, Sr. on why it was a bad idea to try and overthrow Saddam.
On a related note, I notice that this account, that I just started to use again, had an new ID reallocated, and that I couldn't find my past posts neither via Slashdot links nor via goggle search (site:.slashdot.org). I hope that it's not because I once criticized Linux zealots.
Unfortunately I can't seem to find the site again, but maybe someone can cough it up for us.
There was a study from some Think Tank, and then an article by Jim Lobe summarizing/commenting the result, which had some fame, with title "We report, you get it wrong". Search the title, you'd find it on several sites, some of which of some interest, the source is Tim Lobe via the Asia Times
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This just does not compute. By boycotting, you are harming yourself more than the company ; unless say, 10% of the consummers do the same. I've never seen 10% consummers boycott a huge company because the company presumably 'censored' one article on the web. Remember, in a free market, your political weight is only equal to the amount of money you represent - and obviously AOL/Time Warner weights more money than one individual or all the individuals concerned by this issue, willingly to sacrifice some their leisure. The people who pulled out the link, fully knew that (plus they have the option to put back the link, saying it's an error of an intern, or of some software).
On a related note, I notice that this account, that I just started to use again, had an new ID reallocated, and that I couldn't find my past posts neither via Slashdot links nor via goggle search (site:.slashdot.org). I hope that it's not because I once criticized Linux zealots.
There was a study from some Think Tank, and then an article by Jim Lobe summarizing/commenting the result, which had some fame, with title "We report, you get it wrong". Search the title, you'd find it on several sites, some of which of some interest, the source is Tim Lobe via the Asia Times