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The Winter Games puts a harsh political spotlight on China and its record of human rights.

Torching the IOC

There’s always some level of political conversation surrounding the Olympic Games.

But rarely has there been so much interest in the host country as with China this year. With much of Florida’s congressional delegation long focused on human rights violations by the Asian superpower, the first few days of international competition also marked a rush to the microphones for many Florida pols.

Few earned the attention of Rep. Mike Waltz, who paid for airtime for a 30-second ad on NBC blasting the “Genocide Games.” But the network, which holds exclusive broadcast rights on The Games in the U.S., declined to run the spot, the New York Post reports. Waltz’s Congressional campaign covered the $40,000 ad buy, which would have funded airing in the Washington market.

“This is the equivalent of holding the Olympics in Germany in the 1940s or Rwanda during their atrocities,” the St. Augustine Beach Republican told the Post. “It is beyond the pale that the [International Olympic Committee] didn’t move The Games.”

His ad featured recently naturalized Boston Celtics center Enes Kanter Freedom. Also notable, the video spot went beyond criticizing China or the International Olympic Committee for keeping The Games there and also attacked corporate sponsors like Visa, Coca-Cola, Nike, Intel and Procter & Gamble for continuing support.

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Sen. Marco Rubio also released a statement slamming the IOC for proceeding with an Olympics in Beijing when the communist nation was under fire for its treatment of the Uyghurs.

“The 2022 Winter Olympics will be remembered for the atrocities committed by the Chinese Communist Party as opposed to the accomplishments of the athletes,” Rubio said. “By hosting The Games in the shadows of concentration camps, the International Olympic Committee and its corporate sponsors prioritized financial profit over human rights. In doing so, the IOC shredded its own Code of Ethics and lost all moral credibility. While we pray for the health, safety, and success of all American athletes, we cannot forget that hiding behind the pageantry and fanfare is an evil, genocidal regime.”

Sen. Rick Scott, meanwhile, filed legislation to strip the IOC of tax-exempt status for work done in the U.S. The Irresponsible Olympic Collaboration Act would not affect the Paralympics Committee. The Senator said the committee doesn’t deserve a tax break as it generates an $880 billion boon to China for this year’s games alone.

“The IOC must answer for its complete failure to address or even acknowledge the horrific human rights abuses and genocide occurring at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party,” Scott said. “In helping Communist China whitewash its crimes and abuses, the IOC has lost all credibility and forfeited its ability to operate as a tax-exempt entity. In the United States, we unapologetically stand for human rights and democracy, and Congress must make clear that our taxpayers will never be asked to subsidize the operations of an organization that so shamelessly profits from business with such an evil regime.”

Waltz co-sponsored a House companion bill.

“The American taxpayer can no longer subsidize the IOC while it siphons off hundreds of millions of dollars directly to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to help build Beijing’s infrastructure and flies in the face of 501(c)(4) law. The IOC is complicit in promoting the regime’s agenda to distract the world from their atrocities with the Olympic Fanfare. Adding insult to injury to the victims of the Uyghur genocide, the IOC is clothing their officials for The Games with uniforms sourced from forced-labor concentration camps in Xinjiang, flaunting their indifference to the cries of the oppressed. The corporate partners for the 2022 Genocide Olympics should be ashamed to be associated with the IOC and the CCP’s propaganda ploy.”

Serving up Peng

The conspicuous and changing details about Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai gripped the attention of Scott. Following the latest news of the International Olympic Committee meeting with the athlete, where she called a prior accusation of a Chinese government official sexually assaulting her an “enormous misunderstanding,” Florida’s junior Senator voiced fresh outrage.

After first leveling the accusations, Peng disappeared entirely from public view and has given only a couple of controlled interviews with IOC officials that the Chinese government arranged.

“The recent disappearance of Peng Shuai has shocked the world and exposed the disturbing lack of basic rights and human decency experienced by the Chinese people at the hand of General Secretary Xi [Jinping]’s ruthless communist regime,” the Naples Republican said. “No one, especially the IOC, should ignore what happened to Peng Shuai or attempt to move past this horrifying incident simply to avoid confrontation with Communist China.”

He introduced a resolution with Virginia Democratic Sen. Mark Warner calling for China to guarantee Peng’s safety and freedom and rebuking the IOC for not proactively challenging the Chinese Communist Party’s claims about Peng’s status.

“This bipartisan resolution, which has already unanimously passed the House, makes clear that the United States will not tolerate these kinds of gross abuses and continues to stand for freedom for all people,” Scott said. “I’m thankful for all of my colleagues’ support on this resolution, and I look forward to its quick passage in the Senate.”

The House version (HR 837) was carried by Waltz and passed unanimously in December.

Recognizing Taiwan

Just as the Olympic Games controversially arrived in China, Rubio suggests now is a good moment to upgrade Taiwan’s status as a power recognized by the U.S. On Friday, he and New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez introduced the Taiwan Representative Office Act (S 3573).

Most simply, the bill would rename the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington as the Taiwan Representative Office. More significantly, that would signal de facto diplomatic relations with a nation under the control of China but increasingly feeling pressure from the nation regarding its independent rule.

“Taiwan is an indispensable partner of the United States and an exemplary beacon of democracy in the Indo-Pacific region,” Rubio said. “I can think of no better way to recognize Taiwan’s contributions to global stability than by renaming their office in Washington, D.C., the seat of American democracy, to better reflect its actual purpose. The U.S. must make clear that, despite all efforts by the Chinese Communist Party to intimidate and coerce Taiwan, hostile powers have no right to claim sovereignty over democratic countries.”

TECRO for years has represented Taiwanese interests to the U.S. in the absence of a formal embassy. Some nations, such as Lithuania, already allowed Taiwan to run similar offices as embassies instead of directing diplomatic efforts through the Chinese government. Rubio’s office said taking a similar step would recognize Taiwan’s independence and show support to smaller nations helping in the face of economic pressure from China.

Baker Clinic

The new Veterans Affairs Clinic in Clay County will now bear the name of a local hero. The Senate last week unanimously passed a bill (S 2159) to rename the facility the Andrew K. Baker Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic.

“I’m thrilled to see the passage of the bill to rename the Middleburg VA clinic after local hero Andrew K. Baker,” said Rep. Kat Cammack. “Our community in Florida’s 3rd Congressional District knows how important it is to honor Chief Baker and remember his legacy, and I look forward to getting this bill across the finish line in the House.”

Sens. Rubio and Scott sponsored the Senate legislation. The building namesake, U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Andrew Kenneth Baker, died in 1997 after 17 years of service during a training exercise landing a helicopter on a Navy frigate.

“I thank my Senate colleagues for passing my bill to honor U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Andrew Kenneth Baker’s legacy of bravery and service to our country,” Rubio said. “The new VA clinic in Clay County will be instrumental in providing quality care to our veterans who have dedicated their lives to serve, like Chief Petty Officer Baker. I am hopeful that the House will pass this bill as soon as possible so that it can become law.”

The Florida Senators have worked to get the name change for two Congresses now. “With this legislation, we honor the legacy of U.S. Navy Chief Petty Officer Andrew Kenneth Baker, who served as a search and rescue swimmer, helping train hundreds of service members before his passing in a tragic training accident,” Scott said. “I am proud to have the Senate pass this designation which will pay tribute to his incredible service.”

Cammack, a Gainesville Republican whose district includes the clinic, sponsored the House bill (HR 1960), co-sponsored by every member of the Florida House delegation.

Send MABs

Cammack independently has sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Janet Woodcock asking the unavailability of monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 be restored.

“Because of the FDA’s sudden decision, Florida’s state-supported MAB treatment sites now lack access to potentially lifesaving treatments and are closed until further notice,” she wrote. “As you know, mAb therapies have been shown to reduce the amount of the SARS-COV-2 virus that resides within a patient’s system and can reduce the severity of symptoms. Furthermore, studies have shown that a treatment course of mAbs can help reduce COVID-19 hospitalization rates by as much as 70%.”

Of note, the FDA pulled authorization because while MAB treatments from Regeneron and Eli Lilly proved effective with past variants of the coronavirus, they did not relieve symptoms of the omicron variant, and both pharmaceutical companies supported ending the authorization. Other brands of MAB remain authorized.

But Cammack said plenty of health professionals still want access to the medication for patients.

“The FDA has pointed to Paxlovid and Molnupiravira — prescription-only treatments — as better alternatives for COVID-19 patients and has assured us that 71,000 doses are available. In my district in North Florida, for example, Paxlovid and Molnupiravir are currently not reported to be available at any local pharmacy,” she added. “This Administration’s choice to prohibit the use of certain mAbs has clearly left a severe gap in options for Floridians, particularly high-risk patients seeking potentially lifesaving treatment.”

Ivanka summoning

Winter Park Democrat Stephanie Murphy, a House Jan. 6 Committee member, wants a particular South Florida resident who recently left the White House to testify. No, not that one (yet), but close. She wants Ivanka Trump, senior adviser (and daughter) to former President Donald Trump, to state what she knew was happening ahead of the failed insurrection.

“Ivanka Trump has details about what occurred in the lead-up to and on Jan. 6 and about the former president’s state of mind as events unfolded,” Murphy told The Associated Press.

Days after the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, when Trump supporters disrupted the certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral victory, Ivanka Trump reportedly told Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg Mike Pence is a good man” as her father reacted angrily to the news his Vice President would not try to overturn the election. But she also appeared at a “Stop The Steal” rally on Jan. 6 with her father.

Pence also made some Jan. 6-related news from Florida this week, telling the Federalist Society at a Lake Buena Vista meeting, “President Trump is wrong. I had no right to overturn the election.”

It remains unclear if the committee ever plans to subpoena President Trump, but it looks like any reluctance to seek sworn testimony from a former President does not apply to his children, at least if they worked directly for him in the Oval Office.

Stopping HIV

On Monday, St. Petersburg Democrat Charlie Crist recognized National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

“National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is an opportunity to talk about health disparities and what we can do to prevent the spread,” Crist said.

He encouraged individuals potentially impacted to guard themselves against infection and take the step of being tested.

“Practicing safe sex, knowing your status through regular testing, taking preventive medications, and getting treatment if you test positive,” Crist said. “We’ve made tremendous progress understanding HIV and improving treatment and access, but until we eliminate the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on Black communities, we have more work to do. It’s on all of us.”

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report Black people accounted for 40% of those in the U.S. with HIV, despite representing just 13% of the overall population.

Havana bound

Miami area Republicans Mario Diaz-Balart, Carlos Giménez and Maria Elvira Salazar, sent a letter to Biden urging the administration to reinstate consular services in Cuba. But the trio of representatives cautioned such a move must come with conditions.

Chief among those, they said the administration should help friends of democracy over tools of communism.

“Consistent with U.S. policy in furthering human rights and promoting democracy, we urge you to prioritize consular access for Cuba’s brave human rights and pro-democracy activists, as well as those with urgent humanitarian or medical need. It was particularly insulting to many in our districts when regime operatives, and their favorites, such as the professional baseball players, were able to access on-island consular services while the vast majority of more deserving Cubans were forced to travel to a third country at considerable expense,” the letter reads.

“In fact, those least able to pay for travel and lodging abroad were required to do so. This is neither ‘equitable’ nor consistent with our country’s values. Accordingly, it is essential that the U.S. prioritize, for these seeking the special privilege of U.S. entry, those Cuban nationals who dare to demand freedom and human rights, and those with urgent, humanitarian or medical need.”

The letter also calls for the Cuban Family Reunification Parole to be reinstated as soon as possible. And the letter also wants precautions taken for the safety of consulate staff. Much of the consular programming was shut down amid fears of sabotage and reports of Havana Syndrome. The House members say while efforts must come back online, proper security measures should be taken.

“Additionally, we are concerned that Cuban nationals are stationed at the post in Washington, D.C. and suggest that you limit their number and monitor their activities closely. Cuban diplomat-spies have been expelled from the United States for espionage activities numerous times,” the representatives wrote. “For example, three Cuban diplomats were expelled in 1998 for espionage, another in 2000, 14 in 2003, and three in 2005. Fifteen diplomats were expelled following the AHIs in 2017. In fact, as recently as 2019, two Cuban diplomats posted in New York were expelled for conducting ‘influence operations.’

“Accordingly, as you work to protect the security of Americans stationed in Havana, we also request that you protect key national security interests by ensuring that the Cuban nationals stationed at the missions in Washington, D.C. and New York are watched closely and that their numbers are kept to a minimum.”

Combating communism

Giménez wants to ensure the U.S. prioritizes combating communism around the globe. The Miami Republican last week filed the Combating Communism Act, which would direct the State Department to create a special envoy position to realign foreign policy to counter “counter communist and authoritarian governments around the world.” Frequent collaborators Diaz-Balart and Salazar, with New York Republican Nicole Malliotakis, are introducing sponsors for the bill.

“It is time for the United States to reaffirm its commitment to combating communism and authoritarianism around the world. As the leader of the free world, we must continue to stand up for the universal values of freedom, liberty, democracy and peace,” Gimenez said. “By retooling our foreign policy, we are sending a strong signal to the world that there is no room for oppressive governments who violate basic human rights, who stifle the free expression of its people, who undermine democratic elections and institutions, and who unravel its people’s economic rights. Communism kills. Authoritarianism kills. Freedom and liberty must prevail.”

Legislative lift

Panama City Republican Neal Dunn announced promotions within his legislative staff. Matt Blackwell, Dunn’s former legislative director, was promoted to Deputy Chief of Staff while Sarah Gilbert, a former legislative assistant, took over as legislative director.

“Matt and Sarah are two of the most knowledgeable staffers I’ve had the privilege of working with on Capitol Hill,” Dunn said. “Both have played critical roles in helping my office navigate the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as several issues that heavily impact Florida’s 2nd Congressional District. I’m grateful for their commitment to my priorities and my district. I firmly believe these changes better position my team to focus on priorities as we prep for Republicans to take back the House.”

Blackwell has served nine years on the hill, including four for South Carolina Republican Joe Wilson before his time on Dunn’s staff. His time on Dunn’s team includes serving constituents in the aftermath of Hurricane Michael, which directly hit the Big Bend area in 2018. Gilbert has worked for six years in Congress, and before joining Dunn’s office, he worked six years in North Carolina Republican George Holding’s office. She has worked particularly closely on health care issues.

“I’m very proud of Matt and Sarah for this accomplishment,” said Dunn’s chief of staff Michael Lowry. “Both have shown a tremendous amount of growth since joining our office, and I look forward to seeing what they accomplish in their new roles.”

On this day

Feb. 8, 1912 — “Jacksonville’s role in first cross-country flight” via The Florida Times-Union — A battered Wright Brothers airplane appeared in the northeastern sky, circled over old Moncrief Park Racetrack, then landed on the racetrack infield. Robert Grant Fowler had just completed the first-ever west to east transcontinental flight — nearly 3,000 miles and five months from his Los Angeles start. On the final leg, Fowler traveled 165 miles and flew three exhibitions before his Jacksonville finish. He began in Quitman, Georgia., and flew to Greenville and Madison in Florida, where he rounded the towns three times, then made his way to Live Oak, where he did another exhibition.

Feb. 8, 1944 — “First Black reporter covers White House” via People’s World — Harry S. McAlpin made history when he became the first African American journalist admitted to a White House news conference. The breakthrough came just days after 13 African American publishers met with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and presented him with 21 goals for a postwar America, including the abolition of the color bar in industry, equal opportunity for employment, and full government protection of all civil rights and liberties. Black newspapers had long championed freedom and equality, fighting racial oppression, segregation, lynching, and slavery throughout the nation’s history.

Happy birthday

Best wishes to Rep. Gus Bilirakis, who turns 59 today, Feb. 8.

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The first social networks arose late 1990s and early 2000s. Among the pioneers that emerged in that period are:

Six Degrees: This was one of the first online social networks, launched in 1997. It allows users to upload a profile and connect with friends and acquaintances.

Friendster: Released in 2002, Friendster was a pioneering social network in the field of social networking. It allowed users to create profiles, add friends, and share content.

MySpace: Released in 2003, MySpace was one of the most popular social networks at the time.. It allows users to create custom profiles and connect with friends.

LinkedIn: Released in 2003, LinkedIn was one of the first professional social networks. It focuses on connecting professionals and finding employment.

Facebook: Released in 2004, Facebook quickly became one of the most popular social networks in the world.. It allows users to create profiles, connect with friends, and share content.

Each of these social networks played an important role in the development and evolution of online social networking as we know it today.

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However, Before social networks as we know them today, there were several systems and platforms that laid the foundations for its development.

For example, in the 1970s and 1980s, the first BBS (Bulletin Board Systems) networks arose, which were computer systems that allowed users to connect and communicate through online messages and forums. These systems allowed users to connect with people with similar interests and share information.

There were also online chat systems in the 80s and 90s, such as IRC (Internet Relay Chat)which allowed users to communicate in real time with people from all over the world.

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In the 1990s, the first online community websites emerged, such as GeoCities and Angelfire, which allowed users to create websites and connect with other users who shared similar interests.

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Concerns and issues have plagued the media from its start. From bias to mind control down to bad quality, accusations seem to have been raised from time to time. But, with the development of technology, people may now find data more quickly and simply than ever before.

Print, broadcast, television and news sites are all stages in the evolution of the media. They may be regional, national, or even global. They may also feature a wide scope or a narrow one. The options are endless.

But in a world where citizens may easily tune out the news in favor of reality shows and movies, or even go off completely to explore blackjack possibilities that are now available knowing that it can be more enjoyable than hearing about negative news, governments have no reliable means of reaching the public. Talk-show personalities and political commentators have stepped in to fill the void, and that’s just the beginning.

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Due to the Stamp Duty of 1765, publishers had to pay more for paper, which caused some journals to go out of business. For a while, after the Stamp Duty was repealed in 1766, things seemed to simmer down, but then editorial boards and writers began doubting the legitimacy of British rule.

Publications helped spread the news of British wrongdoing and encouraged rebellion among the populace. Roughly forty thousand families (out of about two million) in the colonies became readers, and routine papers appeared in major urban centers.

There was a shift after the Constitutional Convention and the early history of the United States when newspapers were divided despite having rallied for a single cause throughout the Revolutionary War. Partisan politics and ideological loyalty influenced editorial content selection beginning with the release of the Federalist Papers and the Anti-Federalist Papers in the 1780s. This was in part due to financial constraints. Since publishing costs were more than could be covered by advertisements and subscriptions, political parties helped financially to support publications promoting the parties’ policies.

Several newspapers started openly targeting political figures like George Washington by publishing messages and party propaganda. Washington, along with numerous other founders, believed that an enlightened electorate could be fostered by press freedom despite their hostility.

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The 1920s saw the introduction of radio news broadcasts in media. CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) and NBC (National Broadcasting Company) introduced sponsored radio dramas and news broadcasts. And there was a rise in the popularity of radio comedy shows like Amos ‘n’ Andy—as people looked for light relief from the economic downturn.

Later, airways began to feature religious shows, talk shows, and community training. Quiz shows and Game shows were introduced by late 1930. And by 1940, 83% of homes had radios, and the majority listened often.

The increasing popularity of radio made politicians aware of the medium’s potential as a means of direct communication with voters. In the history of presidents, Warren Harding remains the first to deliver radio addresses consistently. Even President Herbert Hoover used radio, but to promote welfare and unemployment aid initiatives.

Television

Television irrevocably altered the media landscape by fusing the most compelling aspects of radio and motion pictures. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1939 New York World’s Fair speech was the first officially recognized broadcast nationwide. The public initially hesitated to purchase televisions, but news reports during World War II ultimately swayed them. CBS’s coverage of the conflict, complete with accompanying photos and maps, was a cut above the others. In the 1950s, as more television stations went on air and marketers snapped up commercial time, the cost of television sets plummeted dramatically.

Games and quiz programs were the most popular fare on television, much like they were on the airwaves. In 1951, however, with the debut of his news program See It Now, Edward R. Murrow helped television journalism establish a firm foothold. The number of available channels increased alongside the growth of the television industry. Nightly newscasts debuted on national networks like CBS, NBC, and ABC and eventually spread to local news tv stations and subsidiaries.

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Media consumers now have more options than ever, thanks to the advent of cable and the growth of the Web. With just a click, viewers can tune into almost any show, fast-forward through commercials, and save shows for later viewing. As a result, people may grow exhausted by politics or stop paying attention to the news altogether due to information overload.

Also, there are concerns about whether the traditional news media has lost its stronghold on the populace. The annual State of the Union address, for instance, has seen a decline in viewership throughout the years, from 67 million in 1993 to 32 million in 2015.

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TORONTO, March 24, 2022 /CNW/ - The Canadian Journalism Foundation's (CJF) next J-Talks Live webcast features a panel of business journalists on future coverage and how newsrooms are adapting to attract a new generation of younger, more diverse readers. This free event takes place on Wednesday, April 20 at 12 p.m. ET.

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Anupreeta Das oversees broad coverage of Wall Street, including banking, investing, markets, insurance and consumer finance. She was previously the deputy business editor at The Wall Street Journal and has won two breaking news awards from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing.

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After the sale, LiveJournal's popularity declined due to increased competition from Facebook and Twitter.

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The decline of LiveJournal can be attributed to the rise of newer platforms like Tumblr and WordPress.

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Content: Van Craddock, a beloved local historian who brought the history of East Texas to life in his columns and books, has died.

Craddock died Friday night after a battle with Alzheimer’s and vascular dementia, according to a statement from his son, Chris Craddock.

Craddock began writing a column for the Longview News-Journal in 1978 until his last one in September 2020. His weekly columns examined various aspects of the region’s history often including tidbits formerly unknown to local residents.

“After months of time to reflect during this worldwide pandemic, there are other ventures awaiting me, mainly those with less stress, no deadlines and more focus on family,” Craddock wrote in his last column for the newspaper.

He called the column, which spread across more than four decades, a rare opportunity to be a newspaper columnist in his hometown.

“And it helped me confirm something I already suspected: the most wonderful people in the world live right here in East Texas,” he said.

Craddock published several books about local history, including “East Texas Tales: A Celebration of Pineywoods, People, Places, Facts and Fables,” a collection of columns, and “Historic Gregg County.”

He was a U.S. Army Vietnam veteran and in 1970 graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University, where he met his wife, Bettye.

A scholarship in the honor of the couple was announced. The Bettye & Van Craddock Scholarship was established by Kathryn Morton, a former student of Bettye Craddock, who worked at Kilgore College for 29 years as head of the journalism program and department chair for communications, theater and speech.

Morton said she created the scholarship to honor the Craddocks’ legacy and to help passionate students pursue their education.

“When endowed, the scholarship will celebrate the love and esteemed careers of Bettye Herrington Craddock and Van Craddock, who met at SFA — where I transferred after my time at Kilgore College,” Morton said at the time. “The Craddocks worked together on the student newspaper, The Pine Log, and they went on to raise a family, teach, write, document history and improve countless lives in East Texas and beyond. Their scholarship will benefit students who share the Craddocks’ passion for communication.”

“We sincerely appreciate all of the prayers and continued support,” Chris Craddock said in his statement.

A celebration of Van Craddock’s life is set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church in Longview.

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LiveJournal was sold to Russian media company SUP Media in 2007, sparking concerns over censorship and data privacy.

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It's a big day for us here at Channel 3000 and WISC-TV -- Channel 3000 launched 25 years ago today on July 13, 1998.

It wasn't our first website -- there was a wisctv.com dating back to the mid 1990s -- but that day did mark the beginning of a new approach to local news websites that wasn't really seen at the time.

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Content: Regulators Seem to Think That Facebook Is the Internet

That’s a problem.

In 1997, SixDegrees.com was the first real attempt at social networking, creating a space where users could upload their information and list their friends. The site peaked at approximately 3.5 million users before it shut down in 1999.

Since then, a series of social networking business models have emerged, each time offering more advanced tools for user interaction. LiveJournal, a site for keeping up with school friends, combined blogging and social networking features inspired by the WELL; Friendster was a social network that allowed for increased interaction and control by users; Myspace had open membership and gave users the freedom to customize their pages. In 2005, it—and its 25 million user base—was sold to News Corp. But within three years, Myspace had been surpassed by Facebook, which launched in 2004 for college students and opened to everyone in 2006.

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As that history shows, in the early days of the internet, disruption was profound and constant: New companies emerged in music, video, e-commerce, publishing, and telephony on an almost yearly basis. The internet appeared to be a space where competition could thrive.

Not anymore.

Today, disruption happens in much smaller ways. The examples are getting fewer because economies of scale have concentrated innovation in the hands of a few players.

More often, disruption comes from regulation—for better or, often, for worse. Current regulation attempts focus on the actions and behavior of some actors—chiefly Facebook—while creating unintended consequences for the internet, particularly fragmentation, or the splintering of the global internet into one that more closely hews territorial borders.

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It’s understandable that both the public and regulators might think that regulating “the internet” means focusing on the biggest players. Much of it has to do with the fact that users are often exposed to various types of illegal behavior and content through some of the most popular services that exist on the internet. Fix misinformation, or extremism, or ideological silos, or security on Facebook, the thinking goes, and you’ve fixed it on the internet as a whole.

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But this is an unhelpful and misguided narrative. First, the internet is not a monolith, so treating it as if it is simply will not work. Second, many of the issues regulators are trying to address are not internet problems; they are societal. Terrorism, child abuse, and mis- and disinformation are not an offspring of the internet; they existed before the internet, and they will continue to exist after it as they are ingrained in human societies. Yet, they are treated as if they are exclusively internet problems. Third, and most importantly, regulators should stop thinking of the internet as Facebook and treating it as such. In the internet regulatory landscape, there is a mixed bag of different issues, and Facebook’s involvement in all of them, direct or indirect, adds to the current complexity. Content moderation, privacy, intermediary liability, competition, encryption—these are all broader issues related to the internet, not just Facebook. Yet, the pattern that has emerged is to treat them as Facebook issues. What this means is that, instead of focusing on trying to address them in ways appropriate for the entire internet ecosystem, they are addressed through the Facebook lens. This has been quite accurately characterized as the “Facebook Derangement Syndrome.”

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The global regulatory agenda is replete with such examples. In the United Kingdom, the Online Safety legislation wants to ban end-to-end encryption because of Facebook’s plan to introduce it as a default setting in its Messenger service. On the other side of the Commonwealth, Australia recently introduced a media bargaining code mainly targeting Facebook. Facebook famously “left” the country before renegotiating a new agreement. Similarly, in what seems to be a coordinated effort, Canada has vowed to work with Australia in an attempt to impose regulatory restrictions on Facebook.

And this trend is not limited to the Commonwealth.

India’s new intermediary guidelines aim at tightening a regulatory grip on Facebook and its partner company WhatsApp while Brazil’s fake news bill, which got approved by the Senate, is focusing on content moderation on Facebook and traceability on WhatsApp. In France, there have been conversations about the introduction of “new rules” for Facebook, while Germany’s Network Enforcement Law—NetzDG—was drafted with the primary focus of taming Facebook. Finally, in the United States, the Trump administration issued an unsuccessful executive order that aimed to regulate Facebook for bias.

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This approach of limiting regulation to Facebook is not entirely unusual. It reflects the principal-agent conundrum that, over the years, has allowed companies like Facebook to  propose policies and deploy tools that can have an impact on the way regulation gets to be enforced. The principal-agent problem is predominantly characterized by conflict of interest and moral hazards. Due to information asymmetries, the agent holds the bargaining power, and this creates a few unknowns: The principal is in no position to know the information the agent holds. Even when she does, she cannot be certain that the agent is acting to her best interest. So, the principal ends up focusing squarely on the agent, disregarding any peripheral issues that might be significant.

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The principal-agent problem may help explain why governments appear ready to introduce regulation targeting Facebook; however, it does not help explain why, in the process of doing so, the main loser is the internet and its users.

Over the past couple of years, Facebook has said, “We support regulation,” and “we want updated internet regulations to set clear guidelines for addressing today’s toughest challenges.” This statement would be significant if it did not come across as self-serving. At this stage, regulation is inescapable and Facebook knows it—as does the rest of big tech. In an effort to adapt to this new reality, companies often take advantage of their dominant position to drive regulatory processes, often at the expense of regulation itself.

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In this context, the question we should be asking is not whether regulation is appropriate, but what are the real implications of regulating in such a manner? There is already an argument that focusing on a few, big players has an impact on the health of innovation and the ability of newcomers to compete. And, then, there is the internet. The internet’s global reach is one of its main strengths. It is a feature, not a bug. Among other things, it allows the maintenance of supply chains all over the world; it allows people to communicate; it lowers costs; and it makes information sharing easier, all the while helping to address societal issues like poverty or climate change.

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To this end, the attempt to regulate based on one—or a handful—of companies can jeopardize this very important goal of the internet. It can create fragmentation, in the sense of not allowing data to flow across borders or networks to interconnect, and this can be very real and have a very big impact. It can impose limits on the way information and data gets to be shared and the way networks may interoperate. These are significant trade-offs, and they must be part of any regulation’s process.

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For sure, the answer cannot be to stop regulating. We must accept, however, that the current approach often generates unintended consequences that only superficially affect those who must be regulated.

In this light, a possible way forward is to experiment with regulation. Experimental regulation is a relatively underused approach, yet it is flexible enough to accommodate dynamic markets, like the internet. Originally associated with the work of John Dewey, this idea is premised on the fact that, in policymaking, the way we approach theories and strategies of justice depends on “the experience of their pursuit; it is these changes that then allow us to consider how best to achieve our objectives.” The advantage of this thinking is that it considers unintended consequences as an opportunity to better define appropriate regulatory frameworks and how to achieve the desired goals.

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Internet regulation does not experiment enough, and when it does, it appears to have the wrong focus. In Australia, for instance, the effort to ensure robust journalism in an age of disinformation in social media platforms led to a “link tax” that undermines the architecture, history, and economics of the internet. This is partly due to the role big tech companies play in the regulatory process. One of the immediate things one can observe with internet regulation is the process some actors deploy: In the beginning, they operate in favor of sustaining existing policies and bureaucracies. The thinking is that longevity brings legitimacy, and as a result, the policy becomes its own cause. Once this strategy is embedded in process, these powerful forces move toward pushing their own regulatory agenda.

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It is for this reason that there is a certain appeal toward flexible regulatory systems that allow different units to experiment with different approaches and make room for assessments that separate the relevant from the nonrelevant and preexisting rules. Although experimentation neither offers a drastic approach nor aims to replace traditional routes of regulation, it can limit the risks of politicization, as politics become more context focused.

One of the first things we need is an internet impact assessment that looks at the different parts of the internet’s infrastructure and the effect that regulation may have. It is no longer just about regulating a few actors. It is about protecting the global infrastructure that we all depend on daily.

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(Subtle story by LiveJournal author Edel Weiss)
And here is another work from an unrecognized (yet!) author.
The format in this case is the most organic for the genre of my LiveJournal reviews, because for once a story called “Declamation ” is posted right here, here, in the LiveJournal.
I think it's beautiful.
What is LiveJournal not a platform for beginners?
LiveJournal is no worse, in my opinion, the same site for beginner graphomanians Avtor.ru - on the contrary, LiveJournal is better!
Here you can upload manuscripts in any format, provide them with illustrations, highlight headings and subheadings as you like; another important point for the author is that publications in LiveJournal are indexed by all search engines, the same Yandex and even Google.
And the publication on the "Author" is still to be found!
In a word, yes – I am a patriot of LiveJournal, I consider LiveJournal to be the best and at least the most free social network in Russia (and perhaps in the world) – and therefore I started reading the story, we can say, giving him a couple of points of affection in advance.
And then there was the second one: a story.
That is, not something dimensionless that read - not reread, but finally - a miniature!
"Declamation" is really small, it does not even have a special plot, in terms of genre - this is such a sketch, a trinket; the author clearly rests more on the beauty of the language, his metaphors... and, what to hide, eroticism - which he tried to load into the work to the maximum.
And given that the hero of the story, apparently, a kind of alter ego of the author, and not even a writer, but, take it above - a poet...
Most likely, the author thought of the "Declaration" as a kind of "poem in prose."
With this view, by the way, the name itself acquires an exquisite double “highlighting ” meaning: on the one hand, the story is really“ about recitation ” (the characters agree that one will recite something to another), and on the other hand, it seems to be “recitation ” itself, that is, something designed to read aloud.
Since I have already accumulated experience in LiveJournal - with a dozen reviews on opuses of various genres - this story from the author with the pseudonym Edel Weiss (meaning not a mountain flower, but a German beer), seemingly an obvious man, reminded me most of all... women's "love novels".
(The phenomenon of “female erotica ” I recently analyzed on the example of the erotic thriller“ Stone Messalina ” authored by a certain Mirisi).
However, before romance novels, it has at least one undeniable advantage (from the point of view of a man) - it is short.
The plot there is very simple and one-way: at a party in a certain club (it is impossible even to guess the country), the hero meets his girlfriend, she asks to read her new poems, the hero breaks for a while, and then exposes to her a certain - erotic! - condition that the girl happily accepts.
ALL.
In general, since the story is short, and besides it is on the same resource on which I write this - let's you read it right now (there are three pages), and then return to the exchange of impressions.
Follow the link, then come back, enriched with impressions.
(PAUZA)
Well, what do you say?
Personally, I am tormented by one absurdity: the story seems so short, but for some reason I want it to be even shorter.
Strangely enough, he seems confused.
The reason, apparently, is that after all, the author ’ s “beauty of language ” cannot atone for the obvious poverty of content, or rather, simply the absence of HISTORY as such.
Although someone, I am sure, it may well "come in."
After all, the essence of such prose is not to tell something, but to create a certain mood, in this case - love longing and at the same time anticipation.
And, unlike the plot, there is a certain idea in the story, and the idea is not very trivial: the author seems to tell us (and it is difficult not to agree with him): if you, incompetent contemporaries, demand from us, the creators, to read to you your own, written in blood, coming from the heart, works - that is, demand, in fact, to open your soul - then do you think it is not fair that you in The answer also revealed something from what you have – well, at least the body?!
It makes sense.
But perhaps a little more interesting would be to read the story on the contrary - assuming that his main character is all the same girl.
The girl is obsessed with the idea of opening to the young man on whom she has laid an eye her best work, which she rightly considers her young body.
However, her chosen one is a tough nut, and in fact a natural Narcissus; he is so egocentric, so absorbed in himself that all the efforts of the girl disappear into thin air – he barely notices her.
And then she finds a workaround, makes a kind of “knight move ” – catches the narcissistic author on his vanity, depicting an interest in his poems (which others do not enjoy any success).
And here the chosen one immediately melts like wax, and – bingo!
Finally agrees to meet the girl alone and does not even mind that she will be naked.
The upcoming happy ending of the main character is only spoiled by the knowledge of an experienced reader that the joy with a narcissist is doomed to be short-lived, and that she will still cry with this bore.
There would be some dashing twist here for us by the author...
But no, alas – the genre of romantic poetry in the prose of twists does not provide.
There are not as many successful metaphors in the story as we would like, but here is one I liked: the hero makes his way through the frameless crowd in the club, and the author describes it this way: “He swam through the ragged hum of conversations, unnoticed by anyone, like a submarine. ”
All right!
Dialogues, in my opinion, are a weak point in the story - they are too ironed, people do not talk like that even at philosophical symposia.
But sometimes quite narrative descriptions are made quite carelessly, such as “Asya was well dressed and cleaned. ”
What is “hair ” about?
You mean, "she had a neat haircut"?
Perhaps this is historically correct – but still today they do not say so.
And I have the word "removed" for some reason associated with the deceased...
“Looking deep inside, I walked with two glasses to the bottle formation.
Without being distracted by the surroundings, he poured something. ”
Totally vague epithets.
It seems that this phrase from the middle best conveys the essence of the whole work.
Little materiality, textures.
The image of the heroine: "Some soft folds of iridescent silk on the chest, tightly covered hips, sparkles of jewelry, finely selected shade of lips."
In general, some kind of picture in the spirit of abstractionists.
On the other hand, there is something in it, a man ’ s look at a woman.
What does he see?
Chest, thighs, lips, everything.
She can't see her ass because she's sitting on it.
I'd like to, though.
No, in principle, this little story is not as simple as it seems.
You can even dig up and even find something there.
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Censorship on LiveJournal, including topic restrictions, likely impacted its user base and popularity.

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09.12.2021, 4: 30, Miscellaneous
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The lords of the vaxers have not long to endure the godless Shoemaker in LiveJournal.
The tendency to silence “too sharp ” topics, which I have already mentioned, is becoming clearer and clearer.
Still, it was not in vain that the change of ownership occurred, and LiveJournal passed into the hands of Comrade Gref and Sberbank.
Pay attention to my last 4 (!) posts about kovid - about Germany, the Czech Republic, Ukraine, etc.
None of them is not that “did not get to the top ” – God would be with him; all four were out of the LiveJournal rating at all.
It was as if they “didn ’ t notice ” them.
And it's funny - one still flew into the Top, and immediately in the top ten - and literally an hour later was hastily thrown out of it.
At the same time, from the rating in general.
It's censorship, my friends.
So far, as soft as possible.
I pay tribute to the old LJ - he resists as much as he can.
But no – the forces are too unequal, I understand.
The crazier and frankly ridiculous everything becomes – covid-statistics, the requirement to “vaccinate everyone ”, the rationale for“ the need for codification ”, etc. – the stronger will take control of social networks.
Moreover, they are clamped on two sides: Russian (VK, Zen, LiveJournal) will thin out censors from the government, Western (FB, YouTube, Instagram) do not need censors from the outside, they themselves are the embodiment of censorship.
The exception from the rating “completely ” is, of course, the mildest form of influence so far.
But, as Leo Tolstoy said, “By reducing the ideal by its weakness, one can never find the limit at which one should stop. ”
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Starting from February 24, interesting metamorphoses occur with my LJ rating (trifle, but unpleasant).
LiveJournal, apparently, defined me as an “unreliable ” user – and therefore he is just monotonically declining.
Of course, the principle of forming LiveJournal ratings has always remained a terrible military and commercial secret, but the general principle could be caught: if you are read a lot, your posts have a lot of comments and likes, the rating increases; if you read a little, there are no comments, or you do not write anything at all, the rating decreases.
It's kind of simple.
But with the beginning of the war, LiveJournal not only introduced censorship and canceled anonymous names, but also, it seems, revised the principle of rating.
Now the “unreliable ” users ratings simply decline no matter what.
I noticed it back in April – when on one of the posts (about AvtoVAZ) there was almost a record attendance – 75 thousand per day, about 1000 comments – and the rating, as if nothing had happened, continued to decline.
I am almost certain that the LJ algorithm has a restriction, according to which it by default believes that “Shoemaker writes nothing ”; accordingly, every day my personal rating gradually dries up, although I still have, even in conditions of censorship and general militaristic insanity, extremely“ fruitful ” posts.
All this is understandable – LJ, while he was “in the shadows ” and outside the attention of the“ ideologists ” of the regime, lovingly debugged his mechanisms of work and brought them almost to perfection, but when censors and censorship came, it breaks everything down in a few months, since the mechanisms were made with an emphasis on the objectivity of measurements, and no objectivity of ideology is needed.
I just don ’ t understand why it ’ s so half-hearted.
With other "unreliable" treated much cooler.
Kungurov was simply squeezed out of LiveJournal, Nikonov was squeezed out, Mitrich ’ s rating was simply halved in one fell swoop, Alex Rozoff was driven somewhere in the end of the first rating hundred (although his posts are read and discussed in the same way, if not more than before the sad Free Date) – and my rating is just slowly and sadly “blown away ” (about minus 8 thousand points), and almost ceased to include posts in the Top.
The only thing is that I ’ m treated about the same as El Murid: he ’ s also “slowly and sadly ” losing in the rankings, although his posts are read almost more than mine (but since we have the same rate of fall in the“ they write nothing ” mode, I can ’ t fall lower than him).
These are the ratings quirks.
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Paul Fanlund is editor and publisher of The Capital Times. A longtime Madisonian, he was a State Journal reporter and editor before becoming a vice president of Madison Newspapers. He joined the Cap Times in 2006.

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Since 1996, Madison’s historic daily newspaper titles, The Capital Times and Wisconsin State Journal, have been digital partners at madison.com.

I recall being in meetings in 1995 to acquire the distinctive madison.com domain name. Some of you might even remember the website was first called “Most on Madison,” with nifty promotional coffee mugs and all.

Today I want to tell you about a really big change.

On Monday, the Cap Times will step away from madison.com and appear on a standalone website as captimes.com. We in the Cap Times initiated this change, believing it will both eliminate confusion over the two intermingled newspaper titles on madison.com and also better reflect the Cap Times’ mission.

Most importantly, it will provide Cap Times readers with an excellent and uncluttered digital experience.

So why were the two newspapers digitally connected in the first place? It seemed logical at the time because the State Journal, owned by Lee Enterprises of Davenport, Iowa, and the Cap Times, locally owned and operated, were and still are business partners at Madison Newspapers Inc. (more recently known as Capital Newspapers). For more than 70 years, the two companies have shared operational costs, but have always had separate news staff.

In the 1990s, posting stories on the internet seemed like just another operation to be shared jointly, but now our digital presence is central to our mission, and in the years since madison.com was launched, the Cap Times and State Journal have evolved to having different aspirations.

The Cap Times is built on a premise of being a Madison-centric niche — as we like to say, “As Madison as it gets.”

We are built on delivering distinctive and trustworthy public affairs journalism and what we think is Madison’s best arts, entertainment and food coverage.

Another pillar of our mission is bold and extensive opinion writing in the spirit of the late William T. Evjue, who founded the Cap Times 104 years ago to advocate in the progressive-era spirit of Robert M. “Fighting Bob” La Follette.

In recent years we have made big strides by hosting events, the most noteworthy being our annual Cap Times Idea Fest on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus each fall, but also accentuated by Cooking with the Cap Times and Cap Times Live, featuring interviews with local chefs and live music with local artists. (The music concept grew out of trying to help local musicians economically hurt by the pandemic.)

We are also known for our philanthropy, under the banners of the Evjue Foundation and The Capital Times Kids Fund. (The Evjue Foundation alone has contributed more than $70 million to the community since its inception more than 50 years ago.)

The new captimes.com will highlight our distinctive approach and will prevent the confusion that can occur about who is producing what.

Over time, madison.com has evolved into a regional website with far more and broader content than in those early days in which Cap Times and Wisconsin State Journal stories dominated. Madison.com, for example, features more sports and crime news coverage than we do.

As some of you might recall, the Cap Times ceased printing an afternoon daily in 2008. In print, we are now a tabloid weekly distributed in most copies of the State Journal on Wednesdays and on racks throughout our market. But our foremost emphasis today is on digital timeliness and excellence.

How will our mission and history be reflected in the new website? Well, captimes.com will offer:

  • A cleaner experience across mobile, tablet and desktop platforms, with navigation that is simple and uncluttered.
  • An internal structure that will allow readers to see what we are emphasizing as news but also to enjoy what we call “evergreen” content, pieces that have a longer shelf life, such as photographer Ruthie Hauge’s exceedingly popular map and photo gallery of outdoor dining venues.
  • Fewer advertising positions, and the ones that remain will feature local advertisers.
  • The absence of a pay wall or the requirement to register. We instead will rely on members who voluntarily pay to support our exceptional local journalism. Please consider joining us.
  • Active management of the website to highlight the best and most timely of our content mix, whether under the heading of news, features, opinion or events.
  • A clean Cap Times URL that will make our stories easier to find via search engines.
  • Clean and easily navigated “furniture,” such as our history, our staff directory, and guides to our philanthropic efforts.
  • A new and improved app is still in the works for the fastest pathway to our content. We will let you know when it’s ready.

In sum, we see captimes.com as huge step forward for our readers, one we hope will make the Cap Times even more central to your media mix.

Share your opinion on this topic by sending a letter to the editor to tctvoice@madison.com. Include your full name, hometown and phone number. Your name and town will be published. The phone number is for verification purposes only. Please keep your letter to 250 words or less.

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Paul Fanlund is editor and publisher of The Capital Times. A longtime Madisonian, he was a State Journal reporter and editor before becoming a vice president of Madison Newspapers. He joined the Cap Times in 2006.

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In 2009, one of the most emblematic sites that those who saw the first steps of the Internet used as a revolution came to an end. We are talking about Geocities, a platform that acted as a hosting of today’s to host our website…

But with a very particular format. Surely, that is what made it so attractive and why many (the most advanced) started with it. For the most veterans, Geocities went to what is today Facebook in terms of popularity, and it turned out to be one of the sites that promoted the concept of online communities.

And it is that these were created by inexperienced users who sought to mark their presence on the web there in the the 90’s’at the height of the pages with the domain ‘.com’, when the internet began the ‘boom’ to become what we know today. It was at a time when there was no Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, blogs or anything like that, and so Geocities became the star of the web.

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All in all, this web hosting platform fell under the denomination 1.0 in which the internet was becoming popular at a forced pace. To put ourselves in context, P2P did not exist then, and everything that weighed more than a megabyte was already too big for the taste of Internet users and the bandwidth of the connections in use.

But, what was Geocities and what did it allow to do in those days? For its part, this hosting platform, as we could consider it today, host web pages for free, opening an account with which they gave you a very small space and, on top of that, they put their advertising. This last point is very similar to what Google currently does with its services: provide them for free to users in exchange for them seeing a certain amount of advertising.

The platform was born as an internet ‘Beverly Hills’ as initially announced by its creators in 1995, David Bohnett and John Rezner. The forerunners of this idea intended to create a virtual community that mimic the real world, with pages hosted in cyber cities and other similar concepts.

Very popular, it aroused the interest of the main companies of the emerging internet. That’s how in 1999, Geocities was acquired by Yahoo!, Hotmail’s main rival, in an operation that already left the company a little shaken, because users didn’t like it. From then until its end, and especially with the explosion of blogs and Web 2.0, Geocities has gone downhill in number of users until reaching a situation in which Yahoo! it came out more profitable close to keep holding it.

It never evolved, and hence its end

In addition to giving space to upload your web page, Geocities stood out for offering a directory, in the form of a neighborhood, where you can list and categorize your page or website and thus be easier to find. This neighborhood was joined by a chat, newsletters and, ultimately, a community where to solve doubts and share interests.

It was in 1999 when Yahoo! looked at Geocities and in a transaction that reached almost $4 billionclosing the transaction in January 2000. At that time, such was the importance of this hosting that it was the 5th most visited website globally.

The problem was that a site that no matter how many years passed, and although technology was already making its own way, Geocities was a website that did not evolve, did not know how to advance, and for which it remained the same as in its beginnings. That was one of the big reasons to give his end, either with Yahoo! or with any other that I had bought him.

It was John Rezner himself, his ideologue, who blamed his disappearance on his poor way of following what the rest of the internet was doing. “Social networks are fashionable things. They have to evolve and I think Geocities had to.” The best example is Facebook, which has evolved over the years and has always remained among the most popular sites.

Therefore, we can say that yes, GeoCities is dead. But he has taking with him thousands of sites created by users throughout the world, some of whom got to start in the world of technology and the creation of web pages with this curious system.

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