http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/21/technology/a-reddit-forum-prompts-questions-of-where-to-draw-a-line.html?ref=technology&_r=0
On October 20, Jenna Wortham wrote an article on the web. Jane Jacobs made an observation in 1961about the different kinds of chaos the world faces now a days. Jacobs even stated how most important metropolises for this century are being created online. There has been an issue with a site by the name of Reddit. They would have people from all over the world randomly take pictures of women to post on the site and allow people to comment on them. This resulted in a great debate on privacy and free speech. The problem is how will we be able to transport information without relying on the web this heavyly. Reddit is just on of many sites that do these kinds of things and probably many people haven´t heard of it, but yet it still has an influence over people. It may not be a visible site to most of the population but it is still powerful. Other sites such as Twitter, Youtube, and Instagram also include pictures like Reddits. Since most of our days consists of internet access, it can influence where to live, what school to go, ect. Reddit has around 19 million users a month. Reddit is abusing freedom of speech and twisting it around to what it really should be about. Although it has been banned, similiar sites have popped up with different names. These sites need to learn how to please all members of the site without pushing some away. Mr. Tufekci said that if the internet does not grow up, the government will crack down on not only the bad things, but good things too.
Wortham is able to capture the readers attention by this important subject dealing with the web, something everyone enjoys to access and spend time on. She uses important quotes by important people to show just how serious this problem is. If people do not mature soon, everything the internet has to offer can be taken away from us. She is able to prove her point on how we all need to make sure that sites like Reddit need to be stopped.
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