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Which Sites/People have had the Biggest Impact on WEB/INTERNET Historically and Now?

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View Poll Results: WHEN WAS YOUR FIRST VISIT TO THE "INTERNET"
1970 and above 0 0%
1975 and above 0 0%
1980 and above 0 0%
1985 and above 1 12.50%
1990 - 1992 1 12.50%
1993 - 1994 1 12.50%
1995 - 1996 3 37.50%
1997 - 1998 2 25.00%
1998 - 2000 0 0%
2001 and above 0 0%
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Old September 29th, 2003, 02:10 PM
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Question Which Sites/People have had the Biggest Impact on WEB/INTERNET Historically and Now?

In your opinions...

Which Websites or People have had the biggest impact on:
The WEB
The Internet

This could be either:
HISTORICALLY -
taken them into New Directions, New Perspectives,
Aesthically, Contentwise, Adding New Dimensions...

--- OR ---

CURRENTLY -
where it is very likely they are currently
impacting them in an enormously, permanent way ...
How do you see the Evolution of the "net" a few decades from now ?
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Old September 29th, 2003, 03:09 PM
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as bad as i hate to say it, porn sites have to be the driving force of the web, almost every site has porn sponsers, i cant check my mail, look up drivers, and tech specs for things, my kids find it while doing reports for school. when i am at a store that sells computers and see people looking at new computers, bet they are thinking ," Hey i'm gonna score", i hear of chat room relationships breaking up married couples, let me restate porn to sex in general. i have found the tech sites to be a nice place to spend my time, less or no porn, subject matter almost never turns to asl, and i learn things here.
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as bad as i hate to say it, porn sites have to be the driving force of the web...

I actually read an article about that, which also mentioned that the vcr became prominent for the same reason. (Though beta was superior technology, the pr0n was on video, which fueled its emergence as the standard.) Apparently pr0n and the money that comes with it is a big factor in emerging visual media.

yay.
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