> And so now we're seeing services turning to aggressive monetization because it turns out that we can't just have an entire world of sites and services all ava

> And so now we're seeing services turning to aggressive monetization because it turns out that we can't just have an entire world of sites and services all available for free with just a few ads slapped on top of them It probably doesn't take a huge amount of money to run a basic Reddit-like forum site if you're not trying to become some imagined billion-dollar business. > You can still set up your tiny quiet corner on the web, do your own things, and connect slowly with other people. It would be a nice silver lining if the obvious missteps that we're seeing in the commercial web helped to inspire and invigorate the non-commercial web.