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And, yet, network effects being what they are, how does anyone with an independent thought rise to visibility, outside of someone else's platform, when the "web

• kowdermeister 9y ago
  I don't know, make it be the individuals problem to spread their individual and original thought. That might sound harsh so I clarify a bit. If I have a big, world changing individual thought and I create something good, then it will probably be picked up by the endless blogs, magazines, journals. I can place it on GitHub or buy a $10 server and I'm good to go, in that case I manage almost everything about it. It's not the web's jobs to filter out the gems. If my individual thought is not much better than "Mondays suck" then Twitter is probably a good place for it to be forgotten.
• gnaritas 9y ago
  That's a different question and has nothing to do with the web dying, which it isn't. The freedom to put your voice out there has never included the right to be heard or popular. You have more ability today to be heard than ever before, but you're one of billions, it's not supposed to be easy.
  • TremendousJudge 9y ago
    if fb and google don't like you, you can't put your voice out there if they control everything
    • gnaritas 9y ago
      They don't control everything, they never have, and they never will.