Why I Hate the Internet (1995)

Re:Why I Hate the Internet (1995) by pavelludiq on Thursday April 16, 2009 @01:26PM (#565473)

We can't blame the author for his shortsightedness, just look at what people write about twitter. Also there was no google or wikipedia then, and the internet was still mostly a collection of static html pages. There is nothing interesting about a giant stack of document.

edit: But still, not that he didn't make a fool of himself :D

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Re:Why I Hate the Internet (1995) by astine on Thursday April 16, 2009 @01:54PM (#565519)

The author is a 'she'; and her main point is relevant, even today. We've found ways to counteract it, but we still get bitten all the time by nonsense that just anyone can put on the Internet.

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Re:Why I Hate the Internet (1995) by jodrellblank on Thursday April 16, 2009 @03:22PM (#565696)

Wheras books and newspapers are all completely true? Anybody can say or publish anything they want - in this sense the internet is an extension of the nonternet world, not a contrast to it.

That is, her main point is irrelevant. The internet may not improve on this, but it's not unbearably worse either.

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