WE'RE SOME OF MANY
There's a lot of users on this here web:
"If the internet is feeling a little more crowded these days, there's good reason.  According to a report out Tuesday, there will be 2 billion Web dwellers by the end of this year.  The number of internet users worldwide has doubled in the past five years according to the report, from the International Telecommunication Union.  Much of the big number can be attributed to internet growth in developing countries. The report said 162 million of the 226 million new Internet users in 2010 will live in those countries, where Web access is still growing."

And think of this--how many people used the web in, say, 1990?  A tiny amount compared to now.  We've seen a technological revolution--and it has happened with remarkable speed.

WHAT'S UGLY?
This new IPhone app would sure appear to be--at least, it's sure ripe for misuse, don't you think?:
"A new iPhone app called the "Ugly Meter" is just what cyberbullies -- including elementary school kids -- need to target easy marks, online security experts told FoxNews.com.  The 99-cent app, now available for iPhone users on Apple's iTunes Store, uses facial recognition software that measures symmetry and other features. Downloaded more than 20,000 times and designed for users ages 9 and above, the app scans a snapshot and then submits a score of 1 to 10.  Bo Derek is not a 10. On this scale, you want desperately to be a 1.   A 10 garners this message: "You're so ugly, when you walk by the bathroom, the toilet flushes."....

While the app's creators say they're just having some fun, some critics say the software can be malicious in the wrong hands. It's "right on the borderline" of appropriate and inappropriate, said Stephen Balkam, CEO of the Washington-based Family Online Safety Institute.  "I can see that the guys who programmed it were having a bit of fun and all," Balkam said. "If you're 25, 26 or 28, this sort of thing could be quite funny or amusing. But in the hands of a 14- or 15-year-old, it could be quite the reverse, and particularly if someone is submitting someone else's photograph and then circulated that photo around school."

That sounds right to me.  And imagine how someone with Moebius Syndrome or with other facial differences would be "rated" by that app.  But maybe I'm missing something.  Feel free to educate me, if I am...

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