It feels like the web is becoming more closed every year — fewer open forums, more platforms locking away data and communities behind logins. What do you think are the biggest forces driving the decline of the open internet? Are walled gardens like Discord the main problem, or is it something else like artificial intelligence, corporate consolidation, surveillance, or changing user habits?
It was also full of things a few people would love, and most would hate. Eventually replaced by things that are bland, unoffensive, “one size for all”; nobody hates them, but nobody loves them either.