Yes, it was called Google Sidewiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Sidewiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Sidewiki I think perhaps Google had too mu

Yes, it was called Google Sidewiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Sidewiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Sidewiki I think perhaps Google had too much skin in the game already. If you ask me, its actually to their advantage to offload it to an independent party for the sake of neutrality. Ah yes community is also another reason! It is tricky to build a community, at least I wasn't sure what community to start with. That's why I chose to create a private sphere where its just you and your friends discussing and sharing links privately in. a chronological feed, and was hoping that could create enough pull for a public community to develop.