Internet Habits

As I compare my internet habits with those of my fellow classmates, it relieves me that everyone has the same general habits. It may be that we all are part of this new digital age so we have the same habits, or it may be that the internet has once again connected us through unorthodox means. While looking through the list that was complied on the board I realized how social networking sites are the number one place where most people spend their time. For most people other forms of entertainment came in a more mature form as reading the news websites, listening to music, and reading blogs and whatnot.
I was intrigued in all honesty that the internet habits we share are similar; how could it be that people from different walks of life who never knew each other have similar habits? Then it struck me that even though we come from different backgrounds, society has gotten the best out of us. As I kept looking at the list of websites, it struck me how what we read online is actually reflected in our reading and writing skills. Most of us go to some sort of website that requires us to read; whether it’s a news site, social networking site, entertainment site, or blogging site, we read at a pace that will allow us to achieve getting the most information we can at the least amount of time as possible. The way information is relayed out to us now on news sites and other places online has transformed our brains in a way to be hyper and be ready for updates ever so often and to look for key words. Now when we read books we are hyper in a sense to get the main point of what we are reading so that we can translate it into a useful sense. Nevertheless, there were some websites on the list that were just for fun or relaxation such as Pandora.com, megavideo.com, youtube.com, and a few more. Even though the internet can be a major portal for information, it still is used for entertainment. It is funny as I reread this that I can even put this online when only a few years ago having internet was a luxury rather than a commodity that now almost every student has.