Some people think the internet is a Bad Thing

AOL's latest campaign /discuss is an attempt for them to establish the discussion forums (which worked very well on the proprietary service) on the Web.

It's not a bad idea -- launching a forum with an ad campaign -- but why, pray tell, would you have a discussion topic about the internet being bad or good on the internet!

AOL needs to stop treating its audience like everyone is a computer novice, picking up the mouse and trying to speak into it.

Maybe if they gave us a controversial topic, with some meat on it, I might consider using the forum.

Instead they say: "Some people think the internet is a Bad Thing. What do you think?"

I think AOL is a bunch of muppets.