Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and
vandalized nightly.
—Roger Ebert, 1998
Caution: Do not mistake the Internet for an encyclopedia, and the search engine for a table
of contents. The Internet is a sprawling databank that's about one-quarter wheat and
three-quarters chaff.
—The Associated Press (Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law), 2007
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Anyone can post messages to the net. Practically everyone does. The resulting cacophony
drowns out serious discussion.
—Clifford Stoll, 1995
Most of us employ the Internet not to seek the best information, but rather to select
information that confirms our prejudices.
—Nicholas Kristof, 2009
If the Internet has given us anything, it’s some idea how much psychosis goes undiagnosed.
—Jan Burke, 2012
The Internet is like a big circus tent full of scary, boring creatures and pornography.
—Richard Kyanka, 2005
My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real
creeps without having to smell them.
—Penn Jillette, 2007
It was now impossible to distinguish a roomful of people working diligently from a roomful
of people taking the What-Kind-of-Dog-Am-I?online personality quiz.
—Rainbow Rowell, 2011
On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.
—Peter Steiner, 1993
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vandalized nightly.
—Roger Ebert, 1998
Caution: Do not mistake the Internet for an encyclopedia, and the search engine for a table
of contents. The Internet is a sprawling databank that's about one-quarter wheat and
three-quarters chaff.
—The Associated Press (Stylebook and Briefing on Media Law), 2007
28
Anyone can post messages to the net. Practically everyone does. The resulting cacophony
drowns out serious discussion.
—Clifford Stoll, 1995
Most of us employ the Internet not to seek the best information, but rather to select
information that confirms our prejudices.
—Nicholas Kristof, 2009
If the Internet has given us anything, it’s some idea how much psychosis goes undiagnosed.
—Jan Burke, 2012
The Internet is like a big circus tent full of scary, boring creatures and pornography.
—Richard Kyanka, 2005
My favorite thing about the Internet is that you get to go into the private world of real
creeps without having to smell them.
—Penn Jillette, 2007
It was now impossible to distinguish a roomful of people working diligently from a roomful
of people taking the What-Kind-of-Dog-Am-I?online personality quiz.
—Rainbow Rowell, 2011
On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.
—Peter Steiner, 1993
28
Note the date. As time goes on, proportions change fast.
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