Re: CS-234 Discussion

CS234 <cs234@lhmerino.dont-email.me> wrote:

This thread is intended for the students of CS-234:

 Technologies for democratic society

 
How does Usenet fit into the vision presented by Licklider and Taylor in
"The Computer as a Communication Device"?
 
Reflect on:
- Which aspects of their vision are realized through Usenet?
- What aspects have evolved differently from what they imagined?
 
Feel free to respond to comments made by your classmates as well.

As we have seen in class and in the assigned reading,
Licklider and Taylor predicted that computers would
transform how people communicate by promoting collaboration and knowledge
exchange. Usenet brought this vision to life by
 offering a decentralized space
for discussions and message sharing.Without a central authority,
users connected through common interests,
exemplifying the concept of an open, knowledge-sharing network.
Licklider and Taylor didn’t foresee the issues
that plagued Usenet, such as spam,
poor moderation, and unproductive discussions.
Unlike their vision of real-time multimedia collaboration,
Usenet used asynchronous text communication and faced scalability problems,
which hindered meaningful interactions and intellectual collaboration.