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China turns on ‘minors mode’ to keep kids safe online (www.theregister.com)
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[–] TheDarksteel94@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Why would it be capitalized? There's only a few words in the English language, that are capitalized. And "internet" isn't one of them, as it's just a normal noun.

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 14 points 2 days ago

I suspect it could be seen as a proper noun.

If Acme and FooCorp create a bridge between their private network spaces, it's an internet (common noun) but not the Internet (proper noun, referring to the one with Goatse).

Let's find an English teacher. And yell at them for forcing us to read the same terrible novel in both 10th and 12th grades. Maybe after that, return to this subject.

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalization_of_Internet

The direction of travel is towards "internet" (lowercase), but pedants gonna pedant.

[–] Chozo@fedia.io 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You and I are posting on the Fediverse right now (capital F). If I create two of my own personal Lemmy instances that only federate with each other, they're not a part of the Fediverse. I've now created my own fediverse (lower-case F). The Fediverse is a fediverse, but not all fediverses are the Fediverse.

Same with internet and Internet. There is the main, collective Internet that we all know and use daily, but it's one of many internets.

[–] vegetvs@kbin.earth 0 points 2 days ago

Thank you.

[–] BeNotAfraid@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

an internet is a descriptor of two or more interconnected networks. The Internet is a proper noun which should actually be capital ‘T’ he capital ‘I’ nternet. You have “an internet” like ‘a universe’ and ‘The Internet’ like ‘The Universe.’