Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2015 19:43:46 GMT
I could seriously consider it but would find it a hard habit to break.
What are the main reasons for going without it, given that I personally need to interact where I find it more difficult to in an offline world.
Well firstly if you analyse it outside of the box and look at it in different ways, I can equate it to something like people choosing not to have children (well played them) or the people who are in Luddite Lane and choose not to have a television set.
You know I think I prefer the medium of radio anyway, I remember a quote that said that radio was 'thinking man's television'.
So how do we stop and think about what the intentions of the worldwide web are? What are the pros and cons? What are the things that would make a person think about going offline?
Security and safety? Even the less gullible may engage with and fall victim to scamming.
Porn online? I can tell you that I don't agree with it's existence particularly where it is freely accessible to minors.
I have even gone as far as thinking about installing something like Websense, a program that would block all the keywords and ultimately, access to adult content.
Here's a good one, what about privacy with regard to whatever it is you are trying to do? All the things that happen when you are online. I'm talking about pop-ups in particular, you are continually asked whether you want this or are interested in that; no, I would actually like to be left alone to do what I was trying to do in the first place.
If I post a topic, the host site (usually news related) will have an irritating video advertising some sort of rubbish that you need to get rid of.
YouTube - the same kind of thing, you are expected to sit through 20 seconds of advertising before you see your chosen video.
So just a few reasons there to start a debate about the web, your experiences and opinions on what it does both good and bad and most of all, would you consider going offline and living a life without it?
What are the main reasons for going without it, given that I personally need to interact where I find it more difficult to in an offline world.
Well firstly if you analyse it outside of the box and look at it in different ways, I can equate it to something like people choosing not to have children (well played them) or the people who are in Luddite Lane and choose not to have a television set.
You know I think I prefer the medium of radio anyway, I remember a quote that said that radio was 'thinking man's television'.
So how do we stop and think about what the intentions of the worldwide web are? What are the pros and cons? What are the things that would make a person think about going offline?
Security and safety? Even the less gullible may engage with and fall victim to scamming.
Porn online? I can tell you that I don't agree with it's existence particularly where it is freely accessible to minors.
I have even gone as far as thinking about installing something like Websense, a program that would block all the keywords and ultimately, access to adult content.
Here's a good one, what about privacy with regard to whatever it is you are trying to do? All the things that happen when you are online. I'm talking about pop-ups in particular, you are continually asked whether you want this or are interested in that; no, I would actually like to be left alone to do what I was trying to do in the first place.
If I post a topic, the host site (usually news related) will have an irritating video advertising some sort of rubbish that you need to get rid of.
YouTube - the same kind of thing, you are expected to sit through 20 seconds of advertising before you see your chosen video.
So just a few reasons there to start a debate about the web, your experiences and opinions on what it does both good and bad and most of all, would you consider going offline and living a life without it?
