Acceleration of information exchange is the most striking sign of our time. What has only recently been just slang adopted in narrow circles, goes into the category of quite familiar words for a wide circle of people. For example, "Runet". This concept has gone beyond the Internet, has become familiar and recognizable to such an extent that it is used thoughtlessly, without even wondering if it is being used correctly.
The meaning and structure of the term
The word mentioned is formed of two parts. The most common domain zone in the Russian Internet - ru. In this case, net is used as the "Internet in general", an information space. Thus, the Runet is the Russian-language part of the Internet. This includes any resources that are maintained in Russian, regardless of the country in which the server is located.
Even if the content is posted on an English site, but meets the main principle, it can also be considered part of the Runet. A great example is the numerous videos and comments on them on the most popular YouTube video platform in the world.
Is the RuNet cool?
Probably, it is typical for each nationality to consider everything their own as the best and the right, so the somewhat naive pride of users is fully justified. Everything Russian, by default, differs for the better only because it is Russian. If you connect linear logic, then such a statement does not stand up to criticism, but it definitely has a right to exist. We can assume that the Runet is really the best option for those who have access to the Web, but do not speak English and other foreign languages. In the end, not everyone should be polyglot, but a person has the right to awareness.
Benefits of the bourgeois
In contrast to Runet, the English-language Internet received a rather malicious, but apt nickname. Nevertheless, the bourgeois opens up much more opportunities simply by quantitative characteristics, which inevitably reach for the qualitative ones. In most English-language resources, more detailed and correct information is provided, there are many times more users. Webmasters who make money on the Internet are well aware of this - it is the latter that turns out to be more profitable, advertising is more expensive there, and the vast audience gives some room for maneuver.
You can fend off by stating that the Runet girls are the most beautiful, and there is a certain amount of truth to this. At least you can communicate with them without making any effort to learn English. But when you consider that the functions of the Internet extend much further than flirting with the beautiful half of humanity, this is not such a weighty argument as to limit yourself only to the limits of Russian-language resources.
The main disadvantages of Runet
As already mentioned, there is more information on English-speaking resources, and in some cases it is presented more correctly. Indeed, if some kind of scientific research is carried out by foreign experts, and it is not officially translated into Russian, then you have to rely either on your own knowledge of foreign languages, or rely on the work of enthusiasts, and the result here is unpredictable.
Another significant drawback that users note is the general emotional tonality of the community, which in the bourgeois has a more positive attitude. Let Runet gossip may seem more interesting, and verbal picks in the comments give pleasure to professional debaters, but in general, English-speaking users are more friendly. This is especially true for all kinds of creativity. The level of incorrect criticism in Runet is just going through the roof, and this forces all kinds of arteries and crafters to migrate to a more friendly environment. Creativity is fragile matter, which depends on positive emotional support, so it is not surprising that people are looking for comfortable communication, even if you have to switch to English.
Safety regulations
If you take for granted the productivity of Runet on trolls of all stripes, you can slightly reduce the risk of getting negative. You can keep quiet and not write anything about yourself that later reveals itself with a chain of derogatory comments in the main quote from the Runet. Of course, “Bashorg” (site) is a very interesting place, but to find your own unsuccessful statement put up for trial by an unkind audience can be very traumatic.
Unfortunately, the most effective is the advice to build up a thick skin and not to shine your real data. Despite all the shortcomings of the Runet, it is quite predictable. The simplest practice of getting rid of the negative is the distance either due to the exclusion of the traumatic resource from the number visited, or due to own impenetrability. The trolls get bored and they go looking for another victim.
Recently, in some areas of the Runet, there has been a tendency to increase the positive part of communication by increasing the culture of the latter. Users themselves strive to make the information space comfortable for everyone, learn to calmly accept other people's opinions. One can only hope that this will help reduce the level of tension in the community.