I'm not sure if there wasn't a time it was a collection of fiefdoms honestly, at least for the social web. My reference point is mostly 2000s era internet foru

I'm not sure if there wasn't a time it was a collection of fiefdoms honestly, at least for the social web. My reference point is mostly 2000s era internet forums, and that was certainly a time of admins of forums going on power trips over their little meaningless slice of the internet.