Re:The Web We Have to Save
by roymurdock on Monday August 03, 2015 @11:52AM
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Indonesians surveyed by Galpaya told her that they didn’t use the internet. But in focus groups, they would talk enthusiastically about how much time they spent on Facebook. Galpaya, a researcher (and now CEO) with LIRNEasia, a think tank, called Rohan Samarajiva, her boss at the time, to tell him what she had discovered. “It seemed that in their minds, the Internet did not exist; only Facebook,” he concluded. [1]
It doesn't matter what intellectuals are satisfied with, the internet (like TV and Radio) will be driven by what the mass-market consumer wants. If they can get all they need from Facebook for free (running a business & talking to friends and family), then why pay more to develop a network that they don't want?
[1] http://qz.com/333313/milliions-of-facebook-users-have-no-ide...
Re:The Web We Have to Save
by dreamfactory2 on Monday August 03, 2015 @03:35PM
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This is even true with SE Asian web developers - if there isn't an active Facebook community, a technology can't get traction there
wow.
so what I predicted has basically already happened. sigh.
This depends very much on whether the local facebook censorship/real names policy makes it hard to post political content. If it doesn't, then it may well be popular.
no self-respecting third-world intellectual is going to be satisfied by a catered whitelist of websites they can access. to me this seems like an attempt to repeat what we did with confusing "the web" with "the internet" by having third world people confuse "facebook" with "the web"