So I started up a version of Netscape and was greeted by their home page. According to this, here's what news is most important:
- One Way to Keep Teens From Having Sex - Oops! Keira's Top Slips Off on Red Carpet - 66% of Men on First Dates Say No to THIS - 7 Feet Under: Astounding Find in Kansas - Do This One Thing. Live 4 Years Longer? - Did the Naked Chef Go Too Far This Time? - Scary Side Effect of a Popular Birth Contro
C'mon -- Keria's Top Slips Off? That's important news? Oh, and from this page you can also learn about: "The Sexist Star Body Parts" and "Hollywood's sexiest redheads."
What makes a company like Netscape decide that their top level page needs to be nothing but sex and junk (Story: "Could the bird flu ruin thanksgiving?" -- ooh, what a hard hitting story)?
I guess sex sells and all...but you would think that with access to global sources of information they could do a bit better.
Update: OK, so the front is trashy. Here are a couple of things you could do about it, and how I feel about those actions:
| Action | Ben Agrees With? |
|---|---|
| Parents change the startup page avoiding this trashy page | Yes |
| Church groups write letters to netscape telling them to change their page, or they'll recommend a boycott | Yes |
| Congress passes a law saying trashy web pages are not allowed | No |
| Bloggers complain about how trashy the front page of netscape is, recommeding they change it | Yes |
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