The Internet...
most of you wouldve come across essay assignments with topics like "the uses of the internet..." and the likes throughout your academic life, and i bet, most of you wouldve written really positive things about the internet, like how it circulates ideas, is a global forum for different point of views to come together, a wealth of knowledge...is a communication platform etc..
but for once i would like to be asked this question:
"what is the internet not meant to be?"
i bet the singlemost misused "item" or rather its contents in the world today, is the internet... along side the Bible and to Quran.
During this recent holiday, i have visisted countless forums and discussion boards alike, be it political, scientific or trivial, they all share one common trait; it is full of hate.
everytime i visit a forum, there is bitching thrown across the floor. people go full on on other people's comments and perspectives. it is because of this reason that i have stopped going onto wow forums since a long time ago.
Youtube was my next most entertainment related visisted site. almost everytime, (no wait, forget about quantifying my words), EVERYTIME i post a comment on any video, id get a hate-reply...
the world is a much angrier place with the internet.
another thing that disturbs me is the literacy rate of.... the world basically, or at least places in the world where people could enjoy the facilities enabled by the internet. most of the posts (and i mean a rough estimate of an unhealthy 85%) have poor grammar (poor being an understatement) and are very ill-thought. spelling mistakes deliberate or the participants cant help it im not sure, goes off into the uncharted territories of "english-language-crits-you-for-9999-damage-land".
now i know some people cant be bothered with correct spelling 100% of the time, as you can see i dont bother double checking my blog posts for "minor" spelling mistakes such as "liek" and/or "proffesor". American/British variations like "color" and "colour" are alright. but some mistakes like "ariter" for "arbiter", "relise" for "release" is...unforgivable.
capital letters are not essential in my book for obvious reasons :) but if you write something with it, i must say i am impressed by your conviction to maintain convention and it really adds to the credibility of what you have to say.
Youtube, Frienster, Myspace and a few other "forums" harbour alot of people with the aforementioned traits.
i reasonably believe, that this is a serious sociological issue authorities have to pay attention to, before this matter gets way out of hand.
heres a toast, to the wonderful internet.
cheers fellow surfers.
some posts or replies, dont make logical sense at all. my attempts of deciphering the text proved to be futile.
but for once i would like to be asked this question:
"what is the internet not meant to be?"
i bet the singlemost misused "item" or rather its contents in the world today, is the internet... along side the Bible and to Quran.
During this recent holiday, i have visisted countless forums and discussion boards alike, be it political, scientific or trivial, they all share one common trait; it is full of hate.
everytime i visit a forum, there is bitching thrown across the floor. people go full on on other people's comments and perspectives. it is because of this reason that i have stopped going onto wow forums since a long time ago.
Youtube was my next most entertainment related visisted site. almost everytime, (no wait, forget about quantifying my words), EVERYTIME i post a comment on any video, id get a hate-reply...
the world is a much angrier place with the internet.
another thing that disturbs me is the literacy rate of.... the world basically, or at least places in the world where people could enjoy the facilities enabled by the internet. most of the posts (and i mean a rough estimate of an unhealthy 85%) have poor grammar (poor being an understatement) and are very ill-thought. spelling mistakes deliberate or the participants cant help it im not sure, goes off into the uncharted territories of "english-language-crits-you-for-9999-damage-land".
now i know some people cant be bothered with correct spelling 100% of the time, as you can see i dont bother double checking my blog posts for "minor" spelling mistakes such as "liek" and/or "proffesor". American/British variations like "color" and "colour" are alright. but some mistakes like "ariter" for "arbiter", "relise" for "release" is...unforgivable.
capital letters are not essential in my book for obvious reasons :) but if you write something with it, i must say i am impressed by your conviction to maintain convention and it really adds to the credibility of what you have to say.
Youtube, Frienster, Myspace and a few other "forums" harbour alot of people with the aforementioned traits.
i reasonably believe, that this is a serious sociological issue authorities have to pay attention to, before this matter gets way out of hand.
heres a toast, to the wonderful internet.
cheers fellow surfers.
some posts or replies, dont make logical sense at all. my attempts of deciphering the text proved to be futile.
posted by Killl_Roy at 8:26 PM
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