Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, has a message for Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, author of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA): “Don’t Mess With the Internet.” And because everything’s bigger in Texas, Ohanian wants to put that message on a giant billboard in Rep. Smith’s proverbial backyard – his home district, Мashable reported.
Ohanian estimates that the billboard would cost approximately $15,000. To raise that kind of scratch, he’s turning to some of his closest Internet friends on the Crowdtilt crowdfunding platform. More than 70 donors have contributed to the billboard campaign, being run by Ohanian’s social enterprise Breadpig, has raised 100% of the $15,000 goal as of Thursday morning.
Ohanian credited the idea to Erik Martin, the general manager of Reddit and Holmes Wilson, co-founder of FightForTheFuture.org.
