On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 01:34:07AM -0500 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
GeekGrrl thought...
> On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Conor Daly wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Aug 19, 2000 at 03:17:10PM +0100 or so it is rumoured hereabouts,
> > Pandora thought...
> > > AOL is evil and must be stopped
> > >
> >
> > Err... Why?
> >
>
> This sentiment is oft-expressed in exasperation of the alledged moronic masses
> which have invaded the once alledgedly pristine Internet through the
> wide-spread access offered by AOL. The theory is that AOL caters to the lowest
> common denominator, allowing anyone who with a modem and who can point and
> click access to a formerly exclusive environment. The same can be said of
> Windows.
>
> However, having been around the Internet since before AOL had anything more
> then email access to the Internet, I haven't seen much increase in the
> moronity that was already present in the Internet, just perhaps more
> wide-spread awareness of it. There were idiots before AOL, there will be
> idiots after...
>
> One woman's opinionated explanation. Your miliage may vary.
I'm all for "let the one-click morons on to the 'net". As you say, it hasn't
really resulted in _much_ more rubbish (garbage for the USA denizens that
is...:-) out there. It mostly requires just a *little* more thought when
framing search queries. What _we_ need to do is to make sure that, for *every*
query typed by an AOL'er, there is returned at least one link to a page that
explains how there is more to the internet than AOL.
--
Conor Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Domestic Sysadmin :-)
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