Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Krause, Kai (January, 2010), Real Ethereal Ether: A Million Lemmings Can Be Wrong, Edge Foundation, Inc., Retrieved on 2010-10-01
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  • Folksonomies: culture internet technology society

    Memes

    23 JAN 2011

     Reading Comments on the Internet Feels Like It's the End ...

    Watching an unbelievably beautiful video of Hubble probing the edge of space: unfathomable 17.000 comments, but half of them inane, gross, with atrocious spelling, insults from childish name-calling, immature outbursts, vicious moronic bullying to outright gibberish insanity. Reading YouTube comment threads can make you sense the end of the world as we knew it. How sad, but I guess one doesn’t have to look? ... The Internet brings the promise of connecting it all. But it could also conne...
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    A shared sentiment, the idea that reading youtube comments robs our faith in humanity.

    Parent Reference

     How is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?
    Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Brockman, John, ed. (January, 2010), How is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?, Edge Foundation, Inc., Retrieved on 2010-10-01
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  • Folksonomies: new media