People Settling Down On The Internet
from the don't-forget-the-why dept
An analyst firm has a new research report out that says the "reach of certain core online activities is declining" -- basically that while people aren't spending any less time online, they're engaging in fewer activities. But what's not clear is why (presumably you've got to buy the report to find out). It would seem natural that after people have been online, they'd settle down and gravitate towards certain regular activities and perhaps not play around as much, or scale back time spent on things they don't get much value out of. It's also important to consider that the Internet's not in a vacuum, and the way people use it is influenced by any number of factors. For instance, the study says that IM use has taken a hit. That could be because cell phone service has gotten cheaper, or people have moved on to text messaging. Similarly, it cites a downturn in email usage -- maybe it's become too much of a burden, or people are tired of dealing with spam and phishing. Despite what studies might say, the Internet isn't dying. But it's just as unreasonable to think that the things people use it for won't change over time.
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IM definitely dying
I used to work at Yahoo! and everyone working ther had IM on all the time. But shortly after I left, I shut it off.
As soon as it wasnt my job anymore, people popping up windows on my computer while I was using suddenly became nothing more than an annoyance.
For adults, I just think email is a much more polite and managable communications medium.
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The internet can't "die"
1. loads of companies use it for their day-to-day activities
2. Us
3. The government loves the internet
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Internet History
http://www.walthowe.com/navnet/history.html
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LONG LIVE THE INTERNET!
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death of internet
Just my four cents.
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Re: death of internet
not google.
GoogleSoft Warner Exxon.
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Maybe people in the future will be smarter than you; that'd be a real treat!
"Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) is ... a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines" (Wikipedia)
You do not have a dedicated internet line. That same line is used for your telephone.
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...scale back time spent on things they don't get much value out of.
Have you and Mike ever heard of the grammatical rule that one should not end a sentence with a preposition? A correct form of the previous statement would be:
...scale back time spent on things out of which they don't get much value.
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hit to IM
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Frankly neither Netzero or Juno are a free service anymore not even the nifty ten hours a month hehe. Demand will rise again as time continues on. When the old people die there will only be computer users left.
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Anyways, long live the net.
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not dying
basically people (more people) are using the internet .... they just aren't using it like WE have been using it for the past decade.
People aren't communicating in the ways they used to because their are new ways to go about it... community sites consume most of online time spent now-a-days... forums, friendsters, myspaces, yahoo 360s and Live Journals.
Sentence, Period, Paragraph.
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we just have to make sure that if it does get centralized that we keep it out of the hands of those that pollute the net today or we'll recieve a scary welcoming...
Big Brother is watching...
-gtard
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