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Anonymous Coward User ID: 27814554 Canada 03/24/2015 03:15 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | When I first got online in 1996 the internet was wonderful. I spent years reading interesting articles and filling my brain with useless information. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 67061407 But lately it has become another kind of tv. Videos are killing the web. I get online to read. If I wanted to watch tv I would. I like to listen to music while I surf the web. Can't do that if it is a stinking video. I think it is due to stupid people getting online. They can't handle reading and post videos one after the other. If you have to post a video you should either post a description of the content or be banned. I miss the days when I could go a whole day and not be forced to watch some idiot on video talking trash. If you can't write it and then back it with proof then keep it offline. When using google search change the reading level to intermediate or advanced. The internet becomes much more interesting then. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 55431899 United States 03/24/2015 04:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | When the internet was just BBS's, IRC, MUDs, and UseNet, it was wonderful. You had to be smart to figure out how to use all that shit, get it connected, AND find someone. Then... ...AOL showed up and made Internetting easy for the livestock. That's when it went to hell. Where you used to be able to count on the intelligence of someone you ran across in Cyberspace, you certainly can't anymore as anyone can get online now because it's so easy. I like the value and quality that high speed and fat throughputs can bring, but I miss the like-minded intelligent people that could also use it back then, too. |
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DonniesDarko User ID: 31099284 United States 03/24/2015 04:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | When the internet was just BBS's, IRC, MUDs, and UseNet, it was wonderful. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 55431899 You had to be smart to figure out how to use all that shit, get it connected, AND find someone. Then... ...AOL showed up and made Internetting easy for the livestock. That's when it went to hell. Where you used to be able to count on the intelligence of someone you ran across in Cyberspace, you certainly can't anymore as anyone can get online now because it's so easy. I like the value and quality that high speed and fat throughputs can bring, but I miss the like-minded intelligent people that could also use it back then, too. I was just thinking along those lines myself, not too long ago. I was feeling nostalgic for the "Wild West" days of BBSs and early internet. People interacted differently online back then. After a few years of AOL, the ugliness surfaced. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 17324866 Panama 03/24/2015 07:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | When I first got online in 1996 the internet was wonderful. I spent years reading interesting articles and filling my brain with useless information. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 67061407 But lately it has become another kind of tv. Videos are killing the web. I get online to read. If I wanted to watch tv I would. I like to listen to music while I surf the web. Can't do that if it is a stinking video. I think it is due to stupid people getting online. They can't handle reading and post videos one after the other. If you have to post a video you should either post a description of the content or be banned. I miss the days when I could go a whole day and not be forced to watch some idiot on video talking trash. If you can't write it and then back it with proof then keep it offline. Agreed. I've been around since the very beginning, even before that with BBS in the 80's, and have sadly watched it all go swirling down the toilet as well. Intelligent discourse has deteriorated down to crude, 2-sentence sound bites, and I'm not a fan of talking-head videos without transcripts either. My issue with videos as the new, preferred medium is because I can speed read. Why would I want to watch a 45-minute rant on video, when I could read the same message in written format in 10 minutes? |
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