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Early Days Of The Internet

by Rough Outline
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The internet is still less than 60 years old and it's only been commercially used on a massive scale for the last 10 to 20 years.

At times it feels like the internet is a digital version of the wild west. There is extremely little regulation, anything goes and people can get away with extraordinary things.

No one owns the internet but it can't be much longer before a regulated body clamps down on the control of the internet.

I don't mean this to sound like a "internet marketing is dead or dying" thread but I can't see how online business can carry on much longer, without it turning out the way that offline business has.

Will we look back one day on these early days of the internet and think...

How did I get away with that back then?
#day #early #internet
  • Profile picture of the author Dan C. Rinnert
    This begs the question... What is it that you are currently "getting away with" that you don't think you'll be able to do in the future?
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  • Profile picture of the author Bill Farnham
    Originally Posted by Rough Outline View Post

    The internet is still less than 60 years old and it's only been commercially used on a massive scale for the last 20 to 30 years.
    Are we counting in dog years here?
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  • Profile picture of the author Ernie Lo
    Originally Posted by Rough Outline View Post

    The internet is still less than 60 years old and it's only been commercially used on a massive scale for the last 20 to 30 years.
    More like 10-13 years.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mike Hlatky
    Originally Posted by Rough Outline View Post

    I don't mean this to sound like a "internet marketing is dead or dying" thread but I can't see how online business can carry on much longer, without it turning out the way that offline business has.
    And how has offiline business turned out?
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  • Profile picture of the author Rough Outline
    I've changed it to 10 to 20 years now

    I don't have a clue who will initiate the regulation, I agree there's too many sites for it be done effectively from the off but there's already signs in place.

    I mean look at > This domain name has been seized by ICE - Homeland Security Investigations

    Obviously they were right to seize the domain as streaming copyrighted content is illegal but it shows there are groups with the power to take control of people's websites.
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  • Profile picture of the author liquidice04
    IT is HARD to control this, there is just too much going on... especially macros and bots (they clutter everything up)
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  • Profile picture of the author kingmike
    Scammers/spammers will attract the regulatory body very soon due to many people getting frustrated with whats happening online now LOL
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