Something incredibly small and easy that you can do to help bloggers in Iran.

[nenena]

Seen C&P'd around the net:

"Iran security forces are hunting for bloggers using location/timezone searches. If anyone is on twitter, set your location to Tehran and your time zone to GMT +3.30. The more users at this location, the more of a logjam it creates for forces trying to shut Iranians' access to the internet down."

Some quick Google sniffing leads me to think that this is actually a pretty legit strategy. At the very least, it certainly isn't doing any harm.

Comments

[broccoman.livejournal.com]

Did that two days ago. I'm sure the protestors don't agree with me that much, but quite simply it's do or die for them if they want their country back. I should help any way I can.

There's also the green avatar thing, but I don't think that means much.

[wannabe-tenshi.livejournal.com]

Thanks for sharing it. I was wondering what useful I can do for them except for spreading the news (which I don't think would help much). :) Oh, and changing the username/nickname to Iranian might also be helpful, I think.

[ilikebigtoes.livejournal.com]

totally did that :)

[pachilove.livejournal.com]

I actually just did that. Sweetness xD
Pwnage time on some asshats nao!

[stitchy-soul.livejournal.com]

Kudos to being proactive. If I still remembered the password to my Twitter, I'd definitely join in. Thanks for spreading the word. ^_^