{"id":10,"date":"2004-10-25T21:13:02","date_gmt":"2004-10-26T02:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sidehike.net\/wp\/?p=8"},"modified":"2004-10-25T21:13:02","modified_gmt":"2004-10-26T02:13:02","slug":"an-open-letter-to-aol-i-have-a-few-ideas-to-make-the-internet-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sidehike.net\/an-open-letter-to-aol-i-have-a-few-ideas-to-make-the-internet-better\/","title":{"rendered":"An open letter to AOL: I have a few ideas to make the internet better"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear AOL,<\/p>\n

Inspired by your brilliant new advertising campaign, I have two ideas to make the internet better. I hope you find them useful, and that they provide insight into the thinking of your consumers. Here they are:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Stop pretending that you are<\/em> the internet. It makes you sound really arrogant.<\/li>\n
  2. Don’t install software like Viewpoint on my computer, because it really makes me mad. I really love AIM, and I think it’s a great program. I’m willing to watch the ads because I believe it’s worth it in order to keep AIM free. But installing weaselly snooping programs like this without really<\/em> asking me first (a blanket statement in an obtuse privacy policy isn’t asking me) is a really lousy way to treat a customer. My computer’s slow enough. I don’t need it weighed down by junk applications you install on my behalf. You’re only making me want to install alternative IM applications, like Trillian.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So those are my two ideas. Take them or leave them. <\/p>\n

    Thanks,
    \nBo<\/p>\n

    PS – I hope you’re not spending your whole R&D budget on all of those extra chairs. That would be a shame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Dear AOL, Inspired by your brilliant new advertising campaign, I have two ideas to make the internet better. I hope you find them useful, and that they provide insight into the thinking of your consumers. Here they are: Stop pretending that you are the internet. It makes you sound really […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehike.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehike.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehike.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehike.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehike.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehike.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehike.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehike.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sidehike.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}