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The web was not envisioned as a form of television when it was invented. But, like it or not, it is rapidly resembling TV: linear, passive, programmed and inward-looking.

When I log on to Facebook, my personal television starts. All I need to do is to scroll: New profile pictures by friends, short bits of opinion on current affairs, links to new stories with short captions, advertising, and of course self-playing videos. I occasionally click on like or share button, read peoples’ comments or leave one, or open an article. But I remain inside Facebook, and it continues to broadcast what I might like. This is not the web I knew when I went to jail. This is not the future of the web. This future is television.
This is fundamentally why I have this site, and do not participate in social media. Control your information, or your information is controlled by others.]]> nobody http://teodesian.net/posts/77c647ef-13f3-11ec-bdd7-a246d29bd3e3 2015-08-03T19:18:26 This Iranian blogger gets it http://teodesian.net/posts/1438629506
The web was not envisioned as a form of television when it was invented. But, like it or not, it is rapidly resembling TV: linear, passive, programmed and inward-looking.

When I log on to Facebook, my personal television starts. All I need to do is to scroll: New profile pictures by friends, short bits of opinion on current affairs, links to new stories with short captions, advertising, and of course self-playing videos. I occasionally click on like or share button, read peoples’ comments or leave one, or open an article. But I remain inside Facebook, and it continues to broadcast what I might like. This is not the web I knew when I went to jail. This is not the future of the web. This future is television.
This is fundamentally why I have this site, and do not participate in social media. Control your information, or your information is controlled by others.]]> nobody http://teodesian.net/posts/1438629506 2015-08-03T19:18:26