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Although the Internet has been around for decades, there’s no question that during the past ten years the net has experienced its most rapid growth. What’s been the most “influential” Internet moment? The Webby folks recently took a shot at trying to define the Ten Most Influential Internet Moments of the Decade. They chose the following:
1)Craigslist expands outside San Francisco (2000); 2)Google AdWords launches (2000); 3)Wikipedia launches (2001); 4)Napster Shut Down (2001); 5)Google IPO (2004); 6)Online video revolution (2006); 7)Facebook opens to non-college students and Twitter takes off (2006)8)The iPhone debuts (2007) 9)U.S. Presidential Campaign (2008) 10)Iranian election protests (2009)
But the Webby folks overlooked one sector that’s brought out the best and worst of the web during the past decade — the porn industry! Many of the influential moments noted by Webby actually have roots in porn. From online payments and streaming video — the good — to malware and pop-ups — the bad — online porn can be credited with some of the best and worst of what the web has become today! And for the first time ever, I’m posting a porn video to the blog….but it’s not what you think and its safe to be viewed at work!
Some could argue online gambling has also changed the way we use the web. What do you think?
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Hugh McNally
November 24th, 2009 at 7:35 am
The two fundamental interests that drive electronic communications technology are porn and sports. In television, think of these as you reflect on: slow motion, live broadcasts, home videotape / DVD, HD broadcasts, “on-demand” program content. The answer to “who did it first” or “who does this best” to those and more tech advances is… you guessed it… porn or sports.
Valerie Smith
February 13th, 2010 at 3:17 am
I certainly remember apocryphal stories a few years ago that NASA was having trouble matching the wages offered to coders by the online porn industry. Whether that’s true or not, porn has been majaor financial driving influence on the Internet as a whole.
I am surprised Napster closing is a defining moment, and not Nappster opening. This implies that file sharing died at that point. Perhaps they mean Napster died and torrents took over: “The king is dead, long live the king”. Whether immoral or not a big reason for people learning to use a PC, and the Internet coming to a wider audience, is that they want to download media, whether it be porn or not, and whether it be done in a legal or illegal fashion.