Internet Society on Nostr: We capitalize Internet—every time. But why? When we write Internet, we’re ...
We capitalize Internet—every time. But why?
When we write Internet, we’re referring to the globally connected network of networks that we all share.
But when we write internet (lower case), we mean something else. There are other networks that use the same technology.
They can act similar and look similar, but they don’t fully connect to the global, public Internet.
An internet isn’t the Internet.
Learn more about how the #Internet is splintering: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/03/what-is-the-splinternet-and-why-you-should-be-paying-attention/
#Splinternet
When we write Internet, we’re referring to the globally connected network of networks that we all share.
But when we write internet (lower case), we mean something else. There are other networks that use the same technology.
They can act similar and look similar, but they don’t fully connect to the global, public Internet.
An internet isn’t the Internet.
Learn more about how the #Internet is splintering: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2022/03/what-is-the-splinternet-and-why-you-should-be-paying-attention/
#Splinternet