Links

El blog de Om Malik comenta: Links: Not Just the Currency of the Web, but the Soul, por Mathew Ingram

Extracto de apertura:

"Author Nicholas Carr wrote a controversial post recently about the use of hyperlinks in online content, in which he argued that links were a distraction for readers, and were likely to lead to less comprehension rather than more. This idea was an offshoot of Carr’s latest book, The Shallows, which makes the claim that the Internet — and digital media in general — are making society dumber rather than smarter. Now Scott Rosenberg, one of the founders of the online magazine Salon and of a new media-accuracy startup called MediaBugs, has written an admirable series of posts defending the link as the heart and soul of the web. In his original post, Carr described links as “conveniences,” but said they also functioned as a distraction for readers:..."

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¿Links? Déjenme decirles...

1. Sin Links, ¿Cuál "Web", para qué la Web? (nos hubiéramos quedado sólo con el email)

2. Sin Links, ¿Cómo podríamos llamar espacio virtual a uno que no conduce a - de alguna manera - el establecimiento de relaciones entre sus "habitantes"?

3. Sin Links, ¿Quién entonces pagaría las facturas - gracias Google por tu aporte en el tema - de la construcción y mantenimiento de todo este universo Bit-tual? :-)