The problem isn't freedom or openness but distribution. And actually,the network is everything. (Blogging tools are a commodity but the network is not.) Finally, a filter is a decision. Some people worry about this, and though I tend to deem competition provides good protection. whether Google or Facebook have arbitrary and inscrutable algorithms,so finish people's impulses and memories, and their decisions as to how to spend their time. That is, and the open web has the same underlying problem as a closed propriety discovery platform -- it's just expressed in a different way. More stuff is created every day than you could read in a lifetime -- there's always going to be a filter. MORE
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