What do you think about today's internet?

@JohnKu (2552)
July 9, 2020 10:27pm CST
More and more people went online each year. Based on some statistics I read online, currently around half of the world population have online access. Though that numbers seems low, I feel the internet has become much more crowded than the previous years. One thing I hate that's also still plaguing the net is that there are scammers everywhere. What do you think about today's internet?
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@BabeSays (8576)
• Mauritius
14 Jul 20
For me it’s a source of entertainment and also getting work done online. If used wise it’s very helpful.
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@BabeSays (8576)
• Mauritius
14 Jul 20
@JohnKu Yes agree scammers
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@JohnKu (2552)
14 Jul 20
@BabeSays Way too many of them lately.
@JohnKu (2552)
14 Jul 20
Yup, I earn from online too. Just gotta be careful with scammers.
@fahmita_ (2255)
• Indonesia
10 Jul 20
Internet is helps us a lot but also dangerous. So many scammers I found there, I don't know what to do but we must be careful when sharing our personal data on the internet.
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@JohnKu (2552)
10 Jul 20
Facebook is known for its personal data leaks. That's why I tend to avoid them.
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@JohnKu (2552)
10 Jul 20
@fahmita_ You can read the news here:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/millions-facebook-user-records-exposed-amazon-cloud-server/
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@fahmita_ (2255)
• Indonesia
10 Jul 20
@JohnKu Oh I see, I ever heard that facebook is record our voice but I don't know it's true or not
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
10 Jul 20
Today's internet is much better that what it was ten years back. Faster and cheaper.
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@JohnKu (2552)
10 Jul 20
Can't argue with that. Though in my country internet is still can be considered luxury, thus the price is high.
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
10 Jul 20
@JohnKu I remember using internet in 2005. I used to wait late night to open my internet because telephone lines on which it was based, was free after 10 or 11 p.m..
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@JohnKu (2552)
10 Jul 20
@msdivkar I think my parents first installed internet in 2009 or 2010. Back then, the internet is so slow and expensive too, even more than today.
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@Deepizzaguy (94581)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
10 Jul 20
I like the idea of being able to read different points of view on the internet news.
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@Deepizzaguy (94581)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
11 Jul 20
@JohnKu I am working on being careful with the fake news.
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@JohnKu (2552)
11 Jul 20
@Deepizzaguy Yep, way too many lies on the internet these days.
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@JohnKu (2552)
10 Jul 20
Just be careful with fake news. There's a lot of them nowadays.
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• Agra, India
10 Jul 20
Everything has its own pros and cons. There isn't anything that can have everything positive associated with it.
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@JohnKu (2552)
10 Jul 20
Well said.
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@vladislav (411)
• Indonesia
10 Jul 20
the internet spreads so fast, and globally. most of people can reach it. and so many use of inet,, but also the negative effects might happen too
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@JohnKu (2552)
10 Jul 20
Sadly, about half of the world population is still don't have access to internet.
New York, 22 September 2019 – UNESCO's Director-General Audrey Azoulay underlined the role of digital access and digital literacy during the debates of the broadband Commission in New York. The State of Broadband 2019 latest report reveals that global grow
• Indonesia
10 Jul 20
@JohnKu i mean not all, but more globally, in my country , there are some places that havent been reached by inet, even electricity ... but thank you for the info.
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@JohnKu (2552)
10 Jul 20
@vladislav Yep, I'm Indonesian too ahahahah..
@Janet357 (75656)
10 Jul 20
It somehow helps us in so many ways but I still miss the life we had had beforr when life was so simple.
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@JohnKu (2552)
10 Jul 20
Correct, since the digital era started, everything became so complicated and interconnected.
• India
10 Jul 20
Yes scammers will be there because this internet is a virtual playground for them
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@JohnKu (2552)
10 Jul 20
We casual folks can only avoid it I guess.
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