Net Neutrality Group Analysis
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[edit] Group Analysis
This is a look at Net Neutrality Group and a breakdown of there abilities and looks of the online resources available.
[edit] Save The Internet
Their main goal is to spread awareness of what is happening with net neutrality and help you alert your local and state representatives . Save the Internet calls themselves a coalition with a massive list of non-profit organizations, blogs, small businesses and more. The size and scope of the list is impressive. There is no place to find when the group was formed, but according to a press release in the press section, it was created the week of April 24, 2006.
The web page is a mixture of static and dynamic. The core content about what is net neutrality and other information like that is static. But, the site also contains a blog and a news feed that displays relevant stories. Navigation on the site is straight forward and possible for anyone despite their computer/internet experience. The Act Now section even contains a 5 step guide.
The group uses the website to redirect you to currently existing resources. It can bring you to a petition or function that allows you to insert your district and it gives you a template email to send to that representative. It has materials for blogs to spread their cause.
Overall, the website is solid. It is has a simply layout that is easy to navigate. The site is obviously slanted in one direction considering it carries an agenda. The rhetoric attempts to ignite a feeling of passion in the reader. It tries to give them the sense that they are going to be part of something that is going to protect freedom and liberty. It is a great tool for anyone who wants to be an activist and get information and ideas all in one place.
One of the only other major groups was Gamers for Net Neutrality. The fact is all these groups have managed to consolidate under the same banner of the savetheinternet.com coalition mentioned earlier.
[edit] Gamers For Net Neutrality
GfNN has a similar cause as Save the Internet but its more specific and targeted. It aims to protect gamers rights when playing online video games. Offering theoretical situations where a service provider is not allowing users to access their favorite video game servers. It is a unified formal group, but is much smaller than Save the Internet.
The website is completely static and lacks a blog component. The navigation is worse on this site. It has a top main topic bar then has a side bar that involves more specific links within that topic. This could potential lead to problems finding content. I think there was an attempt to have an extreme edge but keep it professional. It doesn't do the trick.
GfNN offers templates like Save the Internet to send to representatives. It also offers information and facts about video games and arms the user with some knowledge. There are resources that show where video game rights are under attack and gives you resources for people in that state. If you actually want to sign something related to net neutrality it brings you right to the same information that Save The Internet offers.
The group has a membership that is free for anyone to join. It also has places for people who do are not part of the organization to alert people in specific states of the issues and attempt to expand membership. If offers no special downloadable resources. Its main goal is to spread awareness and try to gain support in a grassroots way.
Well, the net neutrality portion of this website if horrible. Its extremely lacking. It simply redirects you to Save the Internet. Still, in a way this is a good thing. With all the resources in the same place it makes it much easier for a cause to be united. The thing is really isn't a good source at all.
In the end it GfNN doesn't really succeed on its own but it contributes to a larger, more important coalition of groups unite under a similar cause.
