I take surveys for a lot of online firms for fun. I usually get some points for doing it that can get redeemed for stupid crap, but really I do it because I am opinionated and enjoy offering my opinion (although it is solicited, which is unusual). Anyway, one of the companies asks similar sets of questions in nearly every survey. One of them is with regard to the Internet, and asks simply if you feel overloaded with the amount of information available, or if you feel like it that way. I love having it available (except of course when I am going to watch something on tape delay and then accidentally come across the results in the meantime. That leads to swearing). But, there are certainly an increasing number of people who feel the Internet is getting bogged down with hogwash. I can understand why they feel that way.
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