There seems to be a worrying trend of people who actually believe that the Internet is benign. That it contains primarily useful information and will make stars out of people who make wooden educational toys or sincere bands from Portland.
Those of us that have been working in the Internet since before the Web, know a different story.
Here is a Newly discovered map of the Internet with accurate statistics. And here are the names of the authors to help you find it in future: “Amazing Britney S. Crotch and top 10 definitive Brad CSS Tableless 911”:
Internet traffic and content by percentage:
The World Wide Web:
Porn: 22%
Paris Hilton, Brad Pitt, Lindsay Lohan, Ron Jeremy, Eric Estrada: 21%
Finding Porn or Paris Hilton: 14%
Trying to Find other stuff: 8%
Information about how to build web sites without tables and with rounded boxes: 7%
False Apple rumors: 6%
Self Referential Internet and technology news: 8%
Clips of Lindsay Lohan, a cat that can flush a toilet and a guy that lights his own farts dressed as Han Solo, while miming to the Numa song : 5%
50,000 million copies of images of the same 5000 people and places: 4%
Comment spam and fake weblogs: 2%
911 conspiracy theories: 1%
Information about how the Internet benefits mankind and how you can get rich wallowing in the vast profits of the long tail: 1%
Useful or intelligent information: 0.7%
The long tail: 0.3%
Email:
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Spam email: 95% (true)
Lists you signed up for by mistake and never read: 3.5%
Stuff you read when you really should be working: 1.4%
Useful email: < 0.1% Archie, WAIS, FTP, Gopher, Group V fax over IP, plastic cups and string: Huh?