Tuesday, 2 October 2012

Virtual Revolution

quarter of the planet uses the web..

35 million will log on.. ( British Isles)
1 billion pounds a week gets spent on the web
5 million fall in love ( only dating )
40% of British men use porn
18 million of Britain read blogs( west London the most)
Internet is free, undercuts authority and always ordinary people to shape knowledge

Jimmy Wales created Wiki
65 million people use Wikipedia each month
The internet is a comparison to the industrial revolution which shows the importance to the internet.
“The internet is a great leveller”


The Well is the foundation of every social website
It was made in San Francisco
Founded by Steven Well


John Barlow believes in self-expression and it shouldn't have any limits. He refers to the internet or The Well to not having any limits.


Emailing was born in 1965 but wasn't in use until 6th August 1991
Internet is grounded in Libertarianism or counter-cultural-ism.
Self-expression is now blogging, so self-expression still exists.









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