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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. 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.

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

    Yeah, but did you reach them ALL?

  4. 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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