What is a good example of generosity as a business model on the Internet ?

Generosity is the habit of giving. Even if world companies use Internet to extend their powerfull activities, Internet is based on exchange and donation. Generosity is not solely based on one's economic status, but instead, includes the individual's pure intentions of looking out for society's common good and giving from the heart. Generosity should reflect the individual's passion to help others. Internet is a general model of generosity because all users share their knowledges in a transparent process.

First, personnal webpages were supplied by FAI to expert users who wanted to provide easily a passionated message. Today, new advanced technologies have democratized the Internet with Blogs, Wikis, Social networks or Community builder. Everyone can tell to the world how a chicken had to be cooked, how to resolve a hardware problem or to communicate what are the best concerts this week.

Blog history is a little bit complex. No one knows exactly who was the first blogger. However precursors are BBS (Bulletin Board System) users such as Jim Howard who told his life and linked other BBS on Howard's Notebook. The 17th dec. 1997, Jorn Barger titled his site "weblog". In 1999, Peter Merholz used for the first time the "blog" term.

In 2007, more than 70 millions have been registered by Technorati and the institute estimated that 100.000 blogs born every day. In France, the blogosphere is very active with more than 13 millions of visitors a day and an impressive participation of teenagers in Skyblog community.