> It makes me both nostalgic and sad to compare the current state of the Web with the gem we had not too long ago. Maybe I'm not alone. In that case, what are y

> It makes me both nostalgic and sad to compare the current state of the Web with the gem we had not too long ago. Maybe I'm not alone. In that case, what are your thoughts on this? Be the change you want to see in the world, so be enthusiastic, kind and helping online. That said, the current state of the internet is not different than anything else that experiences very large number of patrons. It's statistics. In the early days, those who were able to participate were a biased group of people. As more and more people and companies joined, the bias evened out to represent the bigger population which unfortunately has a different distribution.