The Internet creators are the know-how people. They create the internet, the search engines... , so they own the virtual world and know where the loopholes are... and that justifies their cautious moves. Also, being creators, they know the weaknesses and the strengths of their creations. They only use the internet to serve their personal interest and economic purposes.
On another perspective, they may not be considered as moderate users In fact they are more fervent as internet users as well. They will find every way to protect their rice bowl. Just look at what happen recently; (refer Straits Times Jan 21) both the Google (American) and Baidu( China) search engines are tussling with one another over issues like hacking, attracting online users, copyright and many more. All these, I believe, is because they want to protect their interest. BAidu, easier to say as compared to Google which is pronounced as 'Gu Ge" for instance claims to be the 'more Chinese search engine' and caters 'better to the China's legions of youthful online users.' It accused Google as an 'alien interloper'. : )
On another perspective, they may not be considered as moderate users In fact they are more fervent as internet users as well. They will find every way to protect their rice bowl. Just look at what happen recently; (refer Straits Times Jan 21) both the Google (American) and Baidu( China) search engines are tussling with one another over issues like hacking, attracting online users, copyright and many more. All these, I believe, is because they want to protect their interest. BAidu, easier to say as compared to Google which is pronounced as 'Gu Ge" for instance claims to be the 'more Chinese search engine' and caters 'better to the China's legions of youthful online users.' It accused Google as an 'alien interloper'. : )
The internet users on the other hand, are so tempted to explore the virtual world..they are the pragmatics and they take risks. As such they are more exposed to the idiosyncracies of internet...
I am one of the internet avid users. I love to explore the net for information, entertainment and what not. Considering the amount of time that passed as I surf the net...it seems as though the internet controls my life.. it affects my time management.. I got addicted to technology! When I went to Sim Lim Square, I felt myself at home. It was so nice to be with the 'technology'! So much money was spent on IT gadgets. Not only that, when I was given the role to look into IT matters at work, it grew worse! At that time, I felt so special cos' I had the first hand on IT gadget that my other colleagues might not know.. and guess what.. I still can't get over it! Online shopping is there to trap people like me : ^
The internet was never the brainchild of an individual.As you've mentioned, they are created by the experts in their own field of discovery.To add on, history has shown that the net has long been used for personal interests - military purposes, to disseminate secret messages when ARPANET came into existence.Upon reflection, I won't deny the fact that the battle which arose between Google Republic and the People's Republic was based on similar grounds.Imagine if Google.cn were to shut down, wouldn't Baidu be the next best alternative? Hmmm... having 80-90 percent of Google's market share in China??? -Su-
ReplyDeleteWell, Google and Baidu may be protecting their own interest but it may not be a lopsided relationship right? I mean, we as users of the Internet can and do benefit from the service that they provide. This is akin to the argument that advertisements are luring us and making us buy the products that we do not need. But are consumers really so dumb? Of course not! I teach my kid to see the exaggeration in advertisements(to save me some money:P) so we have to teach them to be wary of the possible pitfalls of digital media as well.
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