Just about everyone has linked to it by now, so I might as well do it too: The Internet is Shit.
The trouble with this site is that it’s also shit. It’s eleven pages of brief soundbites in humongous type. Maybe there’s some subtle irony in this, but it’s kinda wasted. In other words, bah, humbug, I’m the 37,000th person to give this poorly-made bilge free publicity!
You know, sometimes I’m tempted to say the Internet’s shit myself. If I’m trying to find information on something, search engines very often fail me, throwing up rafts of irrelevant results. And as a medium for communication, it’s disappointed me a hell of a lot—speaking as someone who’s suffered hugely from depression and loneliness, I wish I could say the Internet had helped me more.
But no, I don’t think the Internet is shit. I just think it’s very often used in a rather shitty way, both by its creators and its consumers. The potential’s always there, which is partly why I’m still doing this site.