> The near collapse of democracy in the United States, the various nasty impacts of social media, the death of professional journalism, the emergence of automat

> The near collapse of democracy in the United States, the various nasty impacts of social media, the death of professional journalism, the emergence of automated propaganda bots, etc are all negative impacts of open internet that are destroying society. So which of these is a walled-garden internet going to fix? Actually which of these are even a consequence of the internet being open in the first place? Pretty sure the answer to both is: none. These (perceived) issues are completely tangential and have absolutely nothing to do with the internet being open or closed. This sounds a lot to me like: "People I don't like are using this thing, so let's ruin it for everyone." You're still not going to like these people afterwards, nor are going to change them for the better by antagonizing everyone.