From: "Marijn Oosterveld" <marijnoosterveld@gmail.com>
To: <DNSTransition@ntia.doc.gov>
Date: Mon, Jul 3, 2006 2:24 AM
Subject: Serious reply : How the internet should be run Dear NTIA,
I saw an article on http://www.theregister.co.uk/ that said
comments where
asked about running the internet . Here are my ideas:
1. 1 Public Profile websites ( e.g. Myspace.com )
Public profile websites like myspace can cost a lot of stress
and
confusion.A lot of people read about raping, stealing and other
bad actions
taken by people with public profiles, like myspace users. Public
profiles
have a lot of "tools" and "options" you
can use. There are so many of these
tools and options that public profiles are beginning to get
complicated and
to much advanced for a normal user to use correctly.
Public profiles are starting to get verry confusing, because
a lot of
teenagers take there profiles very serious and spend hours
on them, and they
often feel "attacked" by the one that judges his
or her website as "wrong","bad" or a comment
saying : "this website **** " .
See freedom of speeach
for more info on this.
Example A:
[deleted]
The above URL shows up on the GOOGLE search engine if you
type the keyword :
worst myspace website. This user has made a verry "stressfull" website
by
adding a verry busy wallpaper, and making a lot of text different
colors.
1. 2 SOLUTION FOR PUBLIC PROFILES:
Public profiles must maintain a set of rules to avoid "space/email
wars":
A. Post a normal picture of yourself ( e.g. normal daylife)
B. A way to post REAL age, gender, etc.
C. A way to block contact to unknown-users
D. The maker of the profile must chose to get comments or not.
2. 1 Freedom of speech / responsebility
Freedom of speech can not be avoided, but there is a way to
avoid a
argument. The make of a webpage should make a choice to receive
comments or
not. The maker of the website should be responsible for his
actions.If a
profile website gives you the option to make a webpage, and
you make one, It
is your responsebility to post information.
3. 1 Copyrights ( e.g. youtube.com )
A lot of copyrights are broken by video websites like youtube.com
. before
posting a video, instructions are have to be shown what is
right, and whatr
is wrong.
4. 1 Sharing movies
There should be offered more ways to download movies and other
content. A
lot of internet users say that movies are expensive. There
are more
websites coming which only charge a small amount of money for
their movies.
There should be more.
5. 1 Chat
There must be certain rules with chat to avoid angry users:
1. Do not let a user make his own smiley bigger then the smileys
delivered
with the Instant messenger client.
2. Block certain bad words.
6. 1 Hobby groups
The internet began as a hobby. It should return to that old
status. There
should be more resources for "geeks" to come together,
share input and
build. Making the internet should be a challenge like in the
early days.
7. 1 Company websites
The internet should be a book with company's in it. Each company
can promote
his website and make it easier to access.
Each website should pay for a set of keywords. If you search
a company that
makes american-flags , there should be a list of company's
which makes
flags, not a list of websites which have the word "flag" in
them. Depending
on your region , you can choose a company from this list.
Example ( not real )
Website : www.company.com
Keywords which a search engine will search in : www.company.com/key
8. 1 The internet should be rebuild.
The internet should be rebuild. There are a lot of computers
which are doing
nothing in this world, but can be used as webserver, to make
websites. Old
computers must be picked up free and used again by the goverment
to make
more webspace.
At the rebuild of the internet, users will get a more bandtwith.
What used
to be a DSL modem, should be replaced by normal networking
equipment, like a
100mbs line.
When a company desides to run the website on "internet
Version 2" , it
should contact the goverment and switch over, check the website
for viruses
and upload it.
The internet version 2 will be accesable first using something
like remote
desktop, thin client technology etc. I am currently building
this Version 2.
For more info or ideas, I am open for everything
Contact me at my e-mail : marijnoosterveld@gmail.com or mobile
phone : +31
(0)655515119
Please contact me if you have seen and/or read this e-mail,
Marijn Oosterveld |