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Whatever you do - DON'T LOOK ON THE INTERNET! - Part 3

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There’s a problem in social networking. It’s a result of the internet reaching maturity, and along with it some of us getting older, too. I first started messing about with the net in 1995, using newsgroups and email and the first inklings of web work with HTML1. No one dreamed of Facebook or other social media tools at that time. The technology wasn’t there to carry media rich content, and frankly too few people were connected to make it very interesting. However, now the reverse is true. Every morning is started with platitudes and affirmation about how something something something will lead to something something something. Of course, this is accompanied with the inevitable picture of a kitten, lion or orangutan. Very inspiring. Currently if one is not on Facebook, it seems to be because the very fact of not being on Facebook is a statement. For some it’s a reaction against the hours of time that can be swallowed looking at pictures of animals doing cute things, and