Comments on: How To Properly Use Web 2.0

By: Stefan Mischook

Stefan Mischook — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:43:50 +0000

“I disagree. Log files are extremely powerful and they can be analyzed in real-time. ”

The server or the user’s web browser would have to set up to be logged in real time. At this time, this is simply not in place … unless someones injects that functionality.

That said, this is a non issue.

Stefan

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 09:46:14 +0000

I find it quite funny that people are becoming so paranoid about “GOVERNMENT AGENCIES” snooping in on your facebook page. Try to remember that the government is there to serve us and we are actually in control of our government and not the other way around. If you start thinking like this then you take a defeatist stance > producing fear and mass panic > fear leads to aggression > aggression is something that can be used as an excuse to call the common citizen a terrorist and justify snooping. A much more intelligent way to tackle this problem, “which by the way existed in NAZI Germany long before the internet” is to petition against the powers that are being granted to the governmnent, if that is what you are passionate about. It might be worth remembering that there were people saying this about telephone lines 40 years ago and there are now definite laws preventing the snooping of telephone conversations by police without good cause. Deepthroat and Nixon ring any bells?

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:29:29 +0000

I was thinking of including a link to this article in my weekly newsletter, but I was wondering if you really will be writing more. If so, I’ll wait until it’s finished.

I really appreciate what you said. Your story about the lightbox was an excellent example of web 2.0 misuse. It could have been very cool, but all it really did was show that the designer doesn’t know what the purpose of the lightbox actually is.

Thanks!

By: Stefan Mischook

Stefan Mischook — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:46:44 +0000

Yes you are right. We will get the rest of the piece up soon.

Thanks for pointing that out.

Stefan

By: Leshell

Leshell — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:45:10 +0000

Is it me or did the article cut off before finishing?

By: Leshell

Leshell — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:44:29 +0000

Stefan,

I disagree. Log files are extremely powerful and they can be analyzed in real-time. But even if they couldn’t, a user history on any site can be confiscated but any government/law agency to analyze behavior or any level (individual, regional, national). This analysis can then be used to create policies and other such constructs that govern behavior on the web…or that at the very least, do nothing but watch and record.

Just my humble opinion.

-Leshell

By: Stefan Mischook

Stefan Mischook — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:26:25 +0000

“All they want is control, take away freedom and turn every body into easy controllable zombies!”

Web 2.0 has nothing to do with governments trying to control websites. In fact, there is nothing in the architecture that makes up Web 2.0 that would make that possible.

Stefan

By: P-W

P-W — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:54:22 +0000

So what about the programs used to build web pages?
Will we have to buy new software again?
And what about “authorities” controlling the content of a site.
I heard there are going to be a lot of monitoring systems to check who is doing what.
My suspicion is that Web 2.0 is only created to comfort the government; they want to know exactly who is doing what.
It will be a blow to any individual’s privacy rather that a service.
All they want is control, take away freedom and turn every body into easy controllable zombies!