Internet: Good or Bad?

**Anansi the Spider** · Oct 27 2010, 08:35 AM

Is the internet good or bad?

Is the internet isolating or the reverse?

I used to think the internet was liberating, but now I'm not so sure. A few giant firms are gobbling up the internet. They don't have much regard for privacy.

Google CEO's Comments Put "Do No Evil" Motto to the Test

Facebook's Great Betrayal

Just 30 firms dominate the Internet

**izadora** · Oct 27 2010, 08:37 AM

The internet tends to reveal people as they really are.

Which for most people is a bad move.

Kinda like everybody going to a nudist colony, and then realizing -- dang, they invented clothes for a reason.

Originally Posted by Anansi the Spider

Is the internet good or bad?

Is the internet isolating or the reverse?

I used to think the internet was liberating, but now I'm not so sure. A few giant firms are gobbling up the internet. They don't have much regard for privacy.

Google CEO's Comments Put "Do No Evil" Motto to the Test

Facebook's Great Betrayal

Just 30 firms dominate the Internet

**LibertarianFTW** · Oct 27 2010, 08:37 AM

The Internet is revolutionary! Just don't get the government involved... that would be scary.

**Anansi the Spider** · Oct 27 2010, 08:42 AM

**Anansi the Spider** · Oct 27 2010, 09:02 AM

Prosecute the “Wal-Mart of child sex trafficking” - Craigslist

Craigslist makes a lot of money off child sex trafficking.

Here's founder Craig Newmark:

**Anansi the Spider** · Oct 31 2010, 06:32 AM

Google has become too powerful.

Google is a dangerous monopoly -- more than Microsoft ever was

quote: Google is expanding a monopoly over Web search and arguably trying to extend it into several adjacent markets, including display advertising, desktop operating systems, mobile operating systems, mobile Web applications and Web browsers. Microsoft's antitrust problems started with leveraging its Intel-based desktop operating system monopoly into the market for Web browsers.

Google using search engine to muscle into Internet businesses, study finds

quote: Google has been using its dominant position in online search to muscle its way into other Internet businesses, ultimately limiting consumer choice, Consumer Watchdog said today in a report written for its new Inside Google Website.