In the 90s, there was more of a technical barrier to publishing things on the web. Today, there is no technical barrier to publishing things on the web, which

In the 90s, there was more of a technical barrier to publishing things on the web. Today, there is no technical barrier to publishing things on the web, which has been facilitated in part by corporations like Twitter. I think the second is a lot more what Tim Berners-Lee envisioned, as the "read-write" web [1]. However I also think much of the second is awful. [1] http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4132752.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4132752.stm