"By 2003, with the blogosphere now established, music fans had begun to gravitate to blogs to pontificate about the music and artists they loved."
2002: Last.fm and Audioscrobbler Herald the Social Web
https://cybercultural.com/p/lastfm-audioscrobbler-2002/
#HackerNews #LastFM #Audioscrobbler #SocialWeb #2002 #MusicHistory #CyberCulture
"It’s notable that MySpace came from an LA-based company, eUniverse. While the Silicon Valley based Friendster tried to impose various technological constraints onto its users, MySpace adopted a more laidback, Venice Beach-like approach. You can do whatever you want with your profile and make friends with whomever you choose — that was the MySpace way."
https://cybercultural.com/p/myspace-2003/
#internet #TheWeb #SocialMedia #history #technology #cyberculture
"In June 2002, Pew Research Center released a report on broadband uptake. It stated that 21% of all Internet users in America — 24 million adults — now had broadband in the home, up from just 6% two years ago."
"By the end of 2002, blogging had blossomed into a thriving ecosystem of colourful personal sites that interconnected to each other via RSS, trackback and blogrolls."
Richard MacManus
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"The terrorist attacks of September 11 quickly turned blogging into a real-time forum for political analysis, conspiracy theories, emotion and outrage. The so-called “warblogs” emerged."
"The terrorist attacks of September 11 quickly turned blogging into a real-time forum for political analysis, conspiracy theories, emotion and outrage. The so-called “warblogs” emerged."
Ernie Smith
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"Interaction on the Web is a little like a mirror, like communicating with a manifestation of yourself. Because it is so chaotic, so decentralised, I find that using the Web becomes like communicating with a hardware version of me. It’s not exactly a doppelgänger, but an alternative version of myself."
"Interaction on the Web is a little like a mirror, like communicating with a manifestation of yourself. Because it is so chaotic, so decentralised, I find that using the Web becomes like communicating with a hardware version of me. It’s not exactly a doppelgänger, but an alternative version of myself."
Richard MacManus
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"Typically, a weblog is a small web site, usually maintained by one person that is updated on a regular basis and has a high concentration of repeat visitors. Weblogs often are highly focused around a singular subject, an underlying theme or unifying concept."
"Typically, a weblog is a small web site, usually maintained by one person that is updated on a regular basis and has a high concentration of repeat visitors. Weblogs often are highly focused around a singular subject, an underlying theme or unifying concept."
Richard MacManus
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In a January 1999 interview with The Guardian, Bowie tried to explain his approach to the internet as an artist.
"Interaction on the Web is a little like a mirror, like communicating with a manifestation of yourself. Because it is so chaotic, so decentralised, I find that using the Web becomes like communicating with a hardware version of me. It's not exactly a doppelgänger, but an alternative version of myself."
https://cybercultural.com/p/online-identity-bowieworld-1999/
#internet#TheWeb #cyberculture#OnlineIdentity#OnlineCommunities
In a January 1999 interview with The Guardian, Bowie tried to explain his approach to the internet as an artist.
"Interaction on the Web is a little like a mirror, like communicating with a manifestation of yourself. Because it is so chaotic, so decentralised, I find that using the Web becomes like communicating with a hardware version of me. It's not exactly a doppelgänger, but an alternative version of myself."
https://cybercultural.com/p/online-identity-bowieworld-1999/
#internet#TheWeb #cyberculture#OnlineIdentity#OnlineCommunities