Q:What is this net neutrality? Can someone out there really really dumb it down for me? I'm 2 years old btw, just started using qora.
A:(upvoted 2 billion times)
Picture this. An American, a Chinese guy and an Indian walk into a bar.
'Get us all some beer' the American dude growls.
The bartender says 'No can do. You gotta buy drinks online today. Can't order it directly. Sorry, buddy, that's the rule'
The three of them pull out their smartphones and open web browsers. They get a little distracted and check email for a while. The bartender's annoyed by now, 'Get a move on, fellas, don't got all day'
The Indian guy sees a facebook status update by one of his friends that talks about net neutrality. He's intrigued and looks up the wiki entry. The bartender meanwhile updates his status on his phone 'Stuck with three nerds, Want to go home, now!'
The Indian guy is still at it and even signs an online petition demanding net neutrality. The Chinese guy downloads the app to order drinks at the bar. Download's really slow. To kill time, the American guy asks the Indian guy to explain net neutrality to him in a simple way.
'Sure. Let me paint you a picture. Imagine you go to a bar to order drinks. Let's say the bartender says you need to download an app to be able to order drinks...'
The bartender's now all ears. '...and while downloading the app, you happen upon an article on net neutrality. Let's say you want to know more about the topic. The bartender is busy with something else while you read the wiki entry on net neutrality.'
The Chinese guy smiles. He sees where this is going and continues. 'What do you do then? You go to Qora, of course. And ask someone to explain the damn thing to you and pretend you're younger than you are so people won't think you're stupid'.
A:(upvoted 2 billion times)
Picture this. An American, a Chinese guy and an Indian walk into a bar.
'Get us all some beer' the American dude growls.
The bartender says 'No can do. You gotta buy drinks online today. Can't order it directly. Sorry, buddy, that's the rule'
The three of them pull out their smartphones and open web browsers. They get a little distracted and check email for a while. The bartender's annoyed by now, 'Get a move on, fellas, don't got all day'
The Indian guy sees a facebook status update by one of his friends that talks about net neutrality. He's intrigued and looks up the wiki entry. The bartender meanwhile updates his status on his phone 'Stuck with three nerds, Want to go home, now!'
The Indian guy is still at it and even signs an online petition demanding net neutrality. The Chinese guy downloads the app to order drinks at the bar. Download's really slow. To kill time, the American guy asks the Indian guy to explain net neutrality to him in a simple way.
'Sure. Let me paint you a picture. Imagine you go to a bar to order drinks. Let's say the bartender says you need to download an app to be able to order drinks...'
The bartender's now all ears. '...and while downloading the app, you happen upon an article on net neutrality. Let's say you want to know more about the topic. The bartender is busy with something else while you read the wiki entry on net neutrality.'
The Chinese guy smiles. He sees where this is going and continues. 'What do you do then? You go to Qora, of course. And ask someone to explain the damn thing to you and pretend you're younger than you are so people won't think you're stupid'.
