> But sharing digital content with your own intended audience could be achieved in a distributed manner. We almost have the tools now: * cheap or free blog ho

> But sharing digital content with your own intended audience could be achieved in a distributed manner. We almost have the tools now: * cheap or free blog hosting with easy markup and non-public posts * self-hosted commenting with a URL field for commenters, enabling discoverability * friendly RSS readers (I use NetNewsWire) * password management built into most systems and/or browsers, to keep track of individual logins There's work to be done to make it more user-friendly, but all the tools are there.