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I was reading wired and came across an article which says that.. a lot of americans use the internet just for fun. It made me think of internet in general and how i started using it. It was in the 90’s and i had used it only to search information, scientific articles or read episodes previews of startrek. Now, a great deal of trivia has penetrated internet. Chatting, porn, blogging and online gaming sites which steal away our time.

Internet is a waste of time, if used casually and you might never know how much time you would spend on it. Internet addiction is a serious thing.. If you’re addicted to the internet, you would spend hours on the internet increasingly to while away your time or just to hang out. It might be worthy to decide on how much time you would spend on a computer when you are hooked on to the web.

One of the earliest uses was to send and receive emails. Now, Instant messaging has hooked most people to their computers, where they type messages instead of using traditional means of communication such as a telephone or letters which were popular for over a century.

I think that internet is a tool and is of great help if used wisely and can be a waste of time if we use it aimlessly. It had helped me a lot in reseaching things which would have been impossible otherwise.

There is a considerable debate on whether goverments should regulate the web or not if you think of china as an example china has banned websites which depict content unsuitable for children. It had also banned many websites and asked search engines to not show any banned results on its website if you seach in china. Google has dropped some entries from its search results and complied with the chinese goverment. Other countries are considering banning websites which might be unsuitable for certain age groups.

What do you think of Internet in general? Do you think there should be control of information people should see or it should be allowed to all irrespective of their age,location and status?