> Previously, the "open web" was all there was, before the online walled gardens. This is revisionist bullshit. Before Facebook et al AOL was the major walled

> Previously, the "open web" was all there was, before the online walled gardens. This is revisionist bullshit. Before Facebook et al AOL was the major walled garden. After AOL's star began to fade they and everyone else focused on becoming "homepages" with integrated search. They even provided helpful search toolbars! Social media is just the latest walled garden on the web. Don't pretend the majority of web users have ever been bravely exploring the corners of every dark nook of the web. The majority has always been on some curated site with little deviation.