It feels like the web is becoming more closed every year — fewer open forums, more platforms locking away data and communities behind logins. What do you think are the biggest forces driving the decline of the open internet? Are walled gardens like Discord the main problem, or is it something else like artificial intelligence, corporate consolidation, surveillance, or changing user habits?

  • TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    has majorly spilled over into real life as well. way too many anxious control freaks these days, not enough chill people who are willing to listen and learn.