Is the Internet Becoming the Bot Net?

Via Scoop.it“#Google+, +1, Facebook, Twitter, Scoop, Foursquare, Empire Avenue, Klout and more”

On the Internet, we’ve reached a tipping point where more than 50% of all Internet traffic is no longer generated by humans – instead, it’s generated by a motley mix of search engine spiders, bots, scrapers, scammers, hackers and, yes, spies. We are no longer talking about the Internet, we are talking about the Bot Net – a “bot-mediated reality” where algorithms and bots influence where we go, how long we spend there and with whom we communicate.
Via bigthink.com

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