Worst:
There’s not much that’s bad on the Net, but because cyberspace does imitate life, we shouldn’t be surprised that in 1994 some less-than-desirable material showed its insolent face. Pick any tragic event and you can probably recall seeing a newsgroup that taunted its seriousness. There was alt.tonya-harding. whack.whack.whack. Then we had alt.lorena.bobitt.chop.chop.chop. And no, I haven’t forgotten alt.oj-simpson.drive.faster.
Expect to see more of this in ’95. But don’t despair, the flamers are out in force, scorching away at those who abuse the Net, and working to make the Information Highway more like real life, where all is good and nary an offensive word is spoken .
I take it that it didn’t all go to plan then? 🙂
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