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| العنوان: |
The haunting of GeoCities and the politics of access control on the early Web. |
| المؤلفون: |
Reynolds, CJ, Hallinan, Blake |
| المصدر: |
New Media & Society; Nov2021, Vol. 23 Issue 11, p3268-3289, 22p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
BOYCOTTS, ACCESS control, USER-generated content, PRACTICAL politics, TEAR gas |
| Reviews & Products: |
GEOCITIES (Web resource) |
| مستخلص: |
Yahoo's purchase of make-your-own-website platform GeoCities in 1999 and subsequent implementation of a new Terms of Service agreement led to one of the most notable boycotts in Web history. During the "Haunting," GeoCities users stripped their homepages of color and content, replacing blinking GIFs with excerpts of the offending Terms of Service. In this landmark battle over content rights and access control, protestors used the platform antagonistically, disrupting the value of user-generated content and undermining the company's strategic vision for the platform. Within a week, the Haunting of GeoCities successfully forced Yahoo to acquiesce to protestor demands and set enduring standards for Terms of Service that preserved greater rights for content creators. This case study from the early Web demonstrates how access is always bound up in a struggle over control and offers a timely reminder of how users have been—and can be—vital agents of platform politics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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