Free to Promote Your Shop, Social Sites, or Blog; on Networking Saturday (all week long) 48

At the end of this post you will find a button where you will be able to link all of your social networking, shops, and blogs.  Please scroll all the way down for this great opportunity.  It looks like this

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After reading my post last September, Free to Promote... 25 (on Net Neutrality), you could imagine my relief when the FCC approved the policy to protect Net Neutrality.  But this win is bittersweet.

Even though I still think that Net Neutrality is a win for small businesses, I have always had a little voice in the back saying "but it's more government control."  Nothing can ever be black and white and I still support the decision but I must keep a watchful eye.

I found two great articles for more information; One is NPR's reporting on the decision and the other actually opposes Net Neutrality with some very good and valid rational.  NPR - FCC Approves Net Neutrality Rules for 'Open Internet'  and Forbes - Am I The Only Techie Against Net Neutrality?

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Free to Promote Your Shop, Social Sites, or Blog; on Networking Saturday 25

Unfortunately because I work so many hours at my day job I am sometimes later on important information regarding online business than I would like.  So I am not going to lie that the term Net Neutrality is new to me.  Although, the concept of free and open internet is not and I have always been aware of the threat behind the scenes to Net Neutrality.  I believe that since the dawn of the internet there has been a chance that someday free internet would be compromised looming in the background I just preferred not to worry about.  Alas those days are over and Net Neutrality is truly at risk.

"Under these rules, telecom giants like AT&T, Comcast and Verizon would be able to create a two-tiered Internet, with fast lanes for those who can afford it and dirt roads for the rest of us. These companies would be able to pick winners and losers online and discriminate against online content and applications. And no one would be able to do anything about it."~ Act.FreePress.Net

So today's post is dedicated to promoting Net Neutrality and open internet (free internet)  and I am asking you to sign petitions, contact your congress, and become actively involved to protect our small (very small) piece of the pie.

Here is how:
Visit the Electronic Fronteer Foundation to easily start your Letter to the FCC

Call your congress person the following site gives you an easy way to look up your representative's number  https://act.freepress.net/call/internet_congress_nn/

Provide Etsy feedback on how this proposal will hurt your business and why Net Neutrality is important to you using this form  It also asked you if you are willing to become more involved.   My time is very limited but I am saying "Hell Yes" (sorry for my language)  because it is so important to me.

This information was from Etsy's Discussion board where you can find much more information on how you can help us in this battle.  Go to https://www.etsy.com/teams/7722/discussions/discuss/14870744/ for more.

Please (I implore you) help ensure Net Neutrality and at the very least fire off that simple email to congress it really is easy.

Now for a little fun and let's lighten it up a bit :)

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