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Web Surfing Losing Its Luster

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the reality-sets-in dept.

asv108 writes "The New York Times has an article about how trolling the web is not nearly as much fun as it used to be. Reasons for the decline cited in the article include: commercialization, lack of compelling content, instant messaging, P2P, and the fact that it's been mainstream for a couple of years now. The average online session decreased from 90 (March 2000) to 83 minutes in March of 2001." It'll be interesting to see where the Net fits in relative to TV and movies for pure entertainment.

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  1. Advertisements! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Time to put ads everywhere! The growth of the web is limited only buy your imagination! Make big bucks now!!!

  2. Trolling? by NewbieSpaz · · Score: 2, Funny

    The New York Times has an article about how trolling the web is not nearly as much fun as it used to be.
    It seems that there are still plenty of trolls on Slashdot who still think it's as fun as ever. ;)

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    1. Re:Trolling? by sllort · · Score: 3, Funny

      You'd think they'd be skilled at it right now. Just like Hollywood, they keep rehashing the same old stuff over and over again.

      That's NOT TRUE! IF I EVER MEET YOU, I WILL KICK YOUR ASS!

  3. Ad size... by Corporate+Drone · · Score: 3, Funny
    Wow... and we thought that the recent increase in size of on-line ads was atrocious. imagine how big they'll have to be (and how obnoxious the new animated ads will get), once marketers realize they're competing for fewer eyeballs...

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    1. Re:Ad size... by Lemmy+Caution · · Score: 3, Funny

      Ah, the tragedy of the commons. With pop-ups.

    2. Re:Ad size... by twocents · · Score: 2, Funny

      I don't know about everyone else, but some of these animated ads make it difficult to read articles. For instance, I love certain articles at Salon, but I have to print them out in order to focus...especially when the ad contains blood and large breasted women.

      Try driving down the road with one of those things flashing in your windshield.

  4. Re:Broadband by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sure I've shaved off 7 minutes of online time by just having a faster connection

    Those extra 7 minutes were then spent downloading larger banner ads.

  5. I've surfed it all! by PhxBlue · · Score: 3, Funny

    There's no point in surfing for surfing's sake anymore, not for me at least. I reached the End of the Internet a couple months ago.

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    1. Re:I've surfed it all! by marcop · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yeah, but did you reach them ALL?

  6. Porn.. by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Funny

    It takes about 7 minutes for me to kill popups after looking at Porn. I switched to Opera in the last year and don't have that problem now.

    Sorry guys, didn't mean to throw the curve.

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  7. Re:Broadband by betis70 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Your mom is a geek.

    That is pretty cool. :)

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  8. what?? by sdflkgfljdqshgjkqsfg · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean people don't like pop-ups anymore?
    What is this? Have the New York Times checked their facts?? Oh, forget it, people don't know have to have fun anymore.... back in the days, my friends and I would spend endless hours closing pop-ups, seeing who could close the most! What was GREAT was when closing one opened up another twenty! oh the laughs we had....

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  9. This is good by Ars-Fartsica · · Score: 2, Funny

    All things in moderation. Get out there and exercise. Get a date. Paint your house. Its just text on a screen.

  10. Troll doll by 3ryon · · Score: 4, Funny

    "The New York Times has an article about how trolling the web is not nearly as much fun as it used to be.

    Sure, but trolling Slashdot is still a well-respected pastime.

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  11. Well... you know... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    ... there's only so much porn you can download before your hard drive gets full...