The issue though is fracturing a new web likely wouldn't solve it, just introduce another fracture. Instead of the web being open and someone having their own i

The issue though is fracturing a new web likely wouldn't solve it, just introduce another fracture. Instead of the web being open and someone having their own information site content is split based on the creators preferred medium. Some people post on Reddit, some on yt, some on fb, Instagram etc. Each of the "major sites" has its own atmosphere where any subgroup can exist. In the early years each subject had its own community website, or a few of them often with overlapping members and links to each other. The purpose of the sites was strictly information and community around that subject. Their was normally a forum and then write ups / blog post, featured content and links to other sites. I used to visit like 20 or 30 forums everyday and get great content. Then answering and getting help was a lot easier too. I had an RSS setup that pulled it all in and things were great. Somewhere around 2009 things just started to fall apart with each dominant social media or content site having their own sections for everything. The barrier to entry for setting up a wide ranging community became far too low, along with that came the barrier to entry of bad information. I'm in several Facebook groups and subreddits concerning topics that interest me and the information is often crap. Also the same questions over and over. All the things people would complain about on the older forums is now the bulk of the content in FB groups, none of the good features are their, the format is terrible and every discussion eventually seems to turn into politics.