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have given some thought to what's wrong with the web. While the internet and the web are undoubtedly two of the more important innovations in the last fifty years, as these technologies rapidly mature their potential for abuse and banality are coming sharply into focus. Much of what is on the web is wholly predictable, annoying, abusive, and downright lame, which is probably to be expected considering the fast pace of corporatization and commercialization of the medium. Here's a description of things I find particularly annoying or stupid: Spam, spam, spam I get way too much of it. Seems, every time I fill out a form online, my email address ends up on a spam list somewhere. Why should I care about TopOffers, eDiets, Coupon Jerk, or kinky underwear? I can't even figure out how I ended up on a spam list for kinky underwear - I don't surf porn, I have yet to buy one item of clothing online. Go figure. Anyway, it's now getting to the point where spam is overwhelming my regular email. Soon, my email client will become a spam client. I need to spend an afternoon following the links on a lot of this spam, unsubscribing from what I never subscribed to in the first place. I can't help but think, though, if I put my email address in an unsubscribe form on some web page, will it be sold to another spam company. It's a vicious circle.
Approximate Word count = 958
Approximate Pages = 3.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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