Internet-Krieg
The Internet has become a nation, a state, a perfect meritocracy—one that is currently in a state of war.
It has its culture—those who entertain, those who are heroes, those who produce media, those who report, those who play, those who work. It has built a net of mental inhabitants and it has become the first metropolis of its kind, of which a past example is inconceivable. That lack of a prior example is what makes the real world so wary of it.
http://thelinknewspaper.ca/article/517 - The Internet War, von Nadim Kobeissi. Ein sehr lesenswerter Artikel.
Darauf bin ich gerade gestoßen: Facebook: Die Like AOL Already.
Haha.. ich mag diesen Text, mit so schönen Stellen wie:
You see, I don't use Facebook.
I have never used Facebook, and I will never use Facebook.
I don't even need to use Facebook, since some of the people I know are already using it for me [...]
Oder:
It is a shame that the web itself cannot be the platform we all use to share, and that some kind of broken and greedy abstraction layer has to be applied to it so that the average internet user can get these things done.
Und:
Just like AOL was: Facebook is another way for a greedy dirtbag corporation to own the experience of people who mistakenly think that they're really using the internet.
Just like AOL proved to be: Facebook is completely unnecessary and will not survive a more open approach that empowers users to effectively own and control their data.
Just like AOL did: Facebook needs to die a long, arduous, and comical death so that all those who never believed in it can have the last laugh.
Sowie:
I am looking forward to the day Facebook dies, and sincerely hope those kids at Diaspora can pull off their dream.
In diesem Sinne,
mo
