Macedonian bloggers and other new media users offered their own responses to the question “How internet changed your life?”, posed in an article [MKD] on BBC's Macedonian language site.
I would not have…
- …been able to write on my blog, in which I invested much and got much in return :)
- …known that BBC covers this topic, as I don't listen to radio news, I read it all online
- …met a bunch of excellent people with whom I regularly communicate about different subjects
- …ordered various trinkets that my brother transports for me when he comes from America (it's supposedly cheaper there)
- …worked on what I do now, because my work is about Internet.
Linking to the relevant South Park episode – “Over Logging” – Buldioski also invited others to share their thoughts.
- …I would have to carry a notebook with me like [the author] Venko Andonovski to record my thoughts [- Sead93]
- …by God I would have dealt with scientific research and as a result I would have found evidence to disprove the Theory of Relativity [- goranmitev]
- …I would never have discovered what life on a farm is like [- lazyvlad]
…and a number of them blamed the internet for not being in shape, lack of muscle mass or excess fatty tissue.
…I would have remained just one more archeologist in the sea of unknown and anemic archeologists in Macedonia without any attention from the society, and with even less respect.
Ribaro (The Fisherman) responded via a vlog post, with audio in Macedonian and English subtitles.
Viktor Arsovski wrote [MKD] that without Internet he probably would have continued to teach English, and not take part in the founding of IT.com.mk, and…
- I would take our media “for granted,” and not read information from other sources.
- I would have never known that some things in the society can improve.
- I would not get frustrated by watching football (soccer) on [Macedonian TV] Sitel. Now by watching online streaming I know there are quality anchors who explain about the sport instead of talking nonsense. Therefore, even though it sometimes makes me nervous, at least I know that the Internet offers me a choice!
If there was no internet… I would have walked around more, I would have been a better housewife, and would not look silly laughing alone in front of the monitor :-)
- I now read more books, and they are much cheaper :)
– Someone listens to my voice (reads my blog).
– The Internet helped me to get a job.
…would not have enrolled into post-graduate studies (found over the Internet)
– I would not have stayed awake till 5 in the morning
– I would not have known many of my current friends
– I would not have been able to book a hotel in Nice
– I would not have been able to surprise my loved ones who are far away with gifts
And for certain I would not have known that one day the Internet will die [MKD] ;)