Is the Internet good or bad? Debate

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August 8, 2016, 7:51 am

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Is the Internet good or bad?

Since internet celebrating it's 25th anniversary, lets see what happened behind this history.

How should you really feel about existence of internet and how does the internet affect your life?
Are there more positive or negative things about internet?
Does the internet improve our lifestyles, or does it destroy our traditional socializing?
How long and how often have you been you using internet?
Would life become boring without internet?
Are you addicted to using internet?

Let's talk about any or all of this questions and see how we really feel about internet and how the life would be without it. I would love to hear your opinions, so please comment.

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Everett

Everett

I feel as if I'm being interviewed, so here are my responses to your questions:

How you really feel about existence of internet and how did it affect your life?
Pretty great. The internet or the WWW, or both is a very vital technology that is used worldwide, on many devices. It connects information to billions of people around the globe. It has affected my life positively because I can earn an online income via the internet/www.

Is there more positive or negative things about internet?
I would say there is more positive things about the internet. Surely there is always a negative aspect, but for the internet/www, the positive truly outweighs the negative.

Did it improve our lifestyles, or did it destroy our traditional socializing?
Yes, and no. It neccessarily didn't destroy our traditional aspect of socializing. I come to believe that it has enhanced it, because we can connect to people from all over the globe that we wouldn't be able to speak to. Plus, the cost of the internet is roughly cheaper than a long distance phone call.

How long and how often you using internet?
I've been using the internet/www since the late 1990s, and early 2000s. I use the internet now everyday for hours at a time.

Would life be boring without internet?
Yes, my life would be boring without internet, because I won't be able to enjoy my entertainment media as I do now. Netflix, and Hulu wouldn't exist. Can you imagine a world without Netflix & Chill? I can't.

Are you addicted to using internet?
Yes, very addicted. However, it's a good addiction. I know when to "log off" from the internet so it doesn't effect me physically. Such as eye issues, or even sitting for prolong periods of time. I normally take breaks to stand and walk around, or do a couple of exercises to get the blood pumping.

I would like for others to chip in, would be very interesting to hear others experiences.

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anwebservices

anwebservices

Absolutely agree with all your responses. Also feel that internet did bring a lot of qualities to our lives. There is one thing which i logh at when i see it, it's a photo of cafe bar which says, we don't have wi-fi, talk to each other, and i also support that kind of traditional socializing with each other.

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Lynne

Lynne

I will have to copy your style Everett

How do you really feel about existence of internet and how did it affect your life?

I love the internet. I has completely changed the way things are done in the world. My sister immigrated to the UK more than 10 years ago and I miss her. Yet I can see her and talk to her all the time on Skype. I can see her little boy growing up by checking her Facebook profile.
Imagine a world where you had to send everything by post again instead of email? Oh no thank you!

Is there more positive or negative things about internet?

There are loads more positive things about the internet, by a long shot. I remember when I did projects for school I had to get my mom to take me to library so I could reference all the books I needed and I would spend the day making photocopies.

Yes there are some negative things about the internet but that can also be said of anything of this world. The positives far outweigh the negatives.

Did it improve our lifestyles, or did it destroy our traditional socializing?

Well it certainly changed how we socialize didn't it? I believe it can be a big negative here, it is just so easy for someone to become a hermit and just live an online social life. This is not healthy at all.

I still like to phone the important people in my life instead of sending an email or a Facebook message if I want to tell them something. Or even better wait until I meet them for coffee to tell them all my news in person.

How long and how often you using internet?

I started using the internet first for personal email. My first email account was a hotmail account. It was the in thing then, hotmail. I believe that was in 1999. When I started my first office job in 2000 I didn't have email when I first arrived there, but soon after the company started using email.

I now use the internet all day, every day. I work online.

Would life be boring without internet?

It would certainly be harder and keeping connected with friends and family not so easy. I would have to find some other work to do LOL.

But no I don't think it would be boring, in fact it might be more colorful and more intimate with the rest of the world. I would miss just looking up something I need quickly, like a phone number, address or a little fact about something.

Are you addicted to using internet?

Not the internet as such, no. I think I am more addicted to work and because I work on the internet I am using it all the time. If I worked elsewhere I think I would spend my time and effort there instead. I will have to copy your style Everett :) [b]How do you really feel about existence of internet and how did it affect your life?[/b] I love the internet. I has completely changed the way things are done in the world. My sister immigrated to the UK more than 10 years ago and I miss her. Yet I can see her and talk to her all the time on Skype. I can see her little boy growing up by checking her Facebook profile. Imagine a world where you had to send everything by post again instead of email? Oh no thank you! [b]Is there more positive or negative things about internet?[/b] There are loads more positive things about the internet, by a long shot. I remember when I did projects for school I had to get my mom to take me to library so I could reference all the books I needed and I would spend the day making photocopies. Yes there are some negative things about the internet but that can also be said of anything of this world. The positives far outweigh the negatives. [b]Did it improve our lifestyles, or did it destroy our traditional socializing?[/b] Well it certainly changed how we socialize didn't it? I believe it can be a big negative here, it is just so easy for someone to become a hermit and just live an online social life. This is not healthy at all. I still like to phone the important people in my life instead of sending an email or a Facebook message if I want to tell them something. Or even better wait until I meet them for coffee to tell them all my news in person. [b]How long and how often you using internet?[/b] I started using the internet first for personal email. My first email account was a hotmail account. It was the in thing then, hotmail. I believe that was in 1999. When I started my first office job in 2000 I didn't have email when I first arrived there, but soon after the company started using email. I now use the internet all day, every day. I work online. [b]Would life be boring without internet?[/b] It would certainly be harder and keeping connected with friends and family not so easy. I would have to find some other work to do LOL. But no I don't think it would be boring, in fact it might be more colorful and more intimate with the rest of the world. I would miss just looking up something I need quickly, like a phone number, address or a little fact about something. [b]Are you addicted to using internet?[/b] Not the internet as such, no. I think I am more addicted to work and because I work on the internet I am using it all the time. If I worked elsewhere I think I would spend my time and effort there instead.

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danigo

danigo

internet has the positive sides, and also have the negative sides, so we must to carefully while we accessing the content of the internet, if it contains knowledge and good information we must learn it as more as we can, and neither for the negative ones,
actually the presents of internet did help us more ,with it our lives are easier and more practical

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EliteWriter

EliteWriter

The internet is a major force, as it affects the way we communicate with each other, how many of us work, and even how we look and shop for products and services. It has helped people find their lifetime partner, and others get in touch with long lost friends. It has helped businesses being set up and flourish. The list goes on and on, and even though there are many who use the internet for negative things, I think that all in all the positive uses exceed the negative ones.

On a more personal note-
How long and how often have you been you using internet? - I have been using the internet for work daily for the past 8 years. Before I did not use it that much mainly just for getting in touch or entertainment purposes. But later on I started making more and more shopping online, and obviously freelancing.
Would life become boring without internet? - definitely - I would not be able to do most of the stuff that I do now, so I cannot imagine my life without it!
Are you addicted to using internet? - honestly I think I am as I rely on it a lot!

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ajlancer

ajlancer

Hi anwebservices thanks for your question and letting me know us for 25 anniversary. I think every things has good side or bad site. I mean merit and demerit. So, I never say everything is good for internet or bad. I think it is depend on purpose of using. This is very general word but so much importance. For me I used internet for profession job. I do not think anything except internet. I have been use internet for my earning. SO, many purposes people are using internet. I just said one example for me. On the hand, you may see many people misusing internet and addicted on watching pornography as example.

So, there has many good or bad things.

Regards by Ajlancer

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Corzhens

Corzhens

From my personal assessment, the internet is the best thing that happened to mankind in my lifetime. I was in the IT department before the digital age so I had seen the development of technology and the evolution of computers. Anyway, regarding the good and the bad, I would still say that the internet is 80% good and only 20% bad. And the bad is the undoing of people and not of the internet per se. Take the case of virus makers, scammers, trolls, and other negative characters that roam the internet, they are all creations of evil people.

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