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Internet use is very fad-like. The general public does not get on the net just to play with DNS resolution and TCP connections. For a couple years "use the ne
by VLM 7y ago
Internet use is very fad-like. The general public does not get on the net just to play with DNS resolution and TCP connections. For a couple years "use the net" for the general public meant certain flash in the pan individual sites; email (only used by old people, according to Koreans), ICQ, myspace, FB, yik yak, now I guess insta is momentarily where its at, but history shows that'll be forgotten like livejournal by the early 2020s.
Haranguing people as per the article about "The wide range of good health information might prove useful for many" sounds like haranguing people to subscribe to cable TV because CSPAN will make them a better citizen; thats beautiful social status signalling, but lets be realistic, for the masses the internet is for pr0n and fad site of the month. Much like people who don't have a TV are not missing valuable educational programming, they're mostly missing sitcoms and pro sports. A little less time wasting and brain rotting will never hurt anyone.
It'll be inconvenient for paying bills or customer service or whatever, but by design that has always been inconvenient so whats the difference?