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The wretched signal-to-noise ratio of the internet is a surprising result. Wasn't the whole point when Tim Berners-Lee begat this thing to connect researchers,
by smitty1e 6y ago
The wretched signal-to-noise ratio of the internet is a surprising result.
Wasn't the whole point when Tim Berners-Lee begat this thing to connect researchers, so that knowledge could flourish?
Still TBD, TBL.
- pmiller2 6y agoI don't think it's terribly surprising. When you open something up to the entire world, you shouldn't be surprised when a fairly broad cross section of the world takes you up on it. Just the influx of new people alone can lead to something like https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September , which definitely was a thing.