Passive internet use (looking at stuff but not posting) affects your well-being in a more negative way than active internet use (commenting and posting).
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France had a “proto-internet” called Minitel…
France had a “proto-internet” called Minitel, to which half the population had access. It allowed for buying plane tickets, shopping, 24-hr news, message boards & adult chat services. It was used to coordinate a national strike in 1986. Some believe it hindered the internet’s adoption in France.
Free services like Craigslist…
Free services like Craigslist have decimated the classified advertising departments of newspapers, some of which depended on classifieds for 70% of their ad revenue. Research has shown that Craigslist cost the newspaper industry $5.4 billion from 2000-2007.
The Soviet Union lasted long enough to be given…
The Soviet Union lasted long enough to be given it’s own internet domain name, .su, which it received only 15 months before dissolving.
100% of Iceland’s population has…
100% of Iceland’s population has the internet, the only country in the world.
In 2016, North Korea accidentally leaked its DNS data…
In 2016, North Korea accidentally leaked its DNS data, showing they only have 28 “.kp” domains. In comparison, there are 10 million “.uk” domains.
The Internet has a patron saint named Saint Isidore of Seville
The Internet has a patron saint named Saint Isidore of Seville. He compiled the knowledge of the ancient world and made it accessible for his own and future generations around 600 AD.
In 2001, Neopets was the fourth most trafficked website…
In 2001, Neopets was the fourth most trafficked website on the internet, 8 spots in front of Google.
The Pew Internet & American Life Project study, published in Aug. 2011…
The Pew Internet & American Life Project study, published in Aug. 2011, found that 8 percent of Internet users do not use email or search engines. Somehow, this sizable portion of the online population manages to surf the web some other way… perhaps by typing in URLs by hand?
France banned mentions of Twitter and Facebook on TV and radio…
France banned mentions of Twitter and Facebook on TV and radio, as in “Follow us on Twitter” or “Like us on Facebook” because they were deemed as promotion and unfair to other sites.