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Cedar  ·  3408 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Millions of Facebook users have no idea they’re using the internet

Funny enough this is the second article I've read today which mentions app users not realising they're on the internet. This is evidently a much bigger phenomenon than I had thought, perhaps it's something I should cover in class? The other article was already posted, here it is:





user-inactivated  ·  3408 days ago  ·  link  ·  

A lot of AOL users thought AOL was the Internet back in its heyday. It used to be common for people to think their desktop monitor was the computer. Naive users think the thing they interact with is the whole thing.