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True, those things happen but the person I replied to made it sound like the WWW was designed with that purpose in mind
by mahathu 4y ago
True, those things happen but the person I replied to made it sound like the WWW was designed with that purpose in mind
- daveguy 4y agoOrganized, not designed. And it is very much organized to manipulate behavior. It is a self-organizing system driven by advertising revenue. It's not about the protocols, which were designed to exchange information. It's about how we have organized the higher level functions and purpose of the web.
- ClumsyPilot 4y agoExactly, details of HTTP request are not relevant. What creatir of thw web had in mind 40 years ago is not relevant. The content today and organisations we've built on top are what matters. And they are all manipulation.