| > Facebook hasn't destroyed the web - it's still there and functioning fine. Hyperlinks still work. Completely agree. And let's choose something else similar, for the sake of argument. Google dominates web search at 64% of searches: https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Market-Rankings/comScore-R... Post anyone could write: "That's so unfair, because Google owns more than half of all searches. They get to decide what you find on the web!" In fact, the argument of the bias bubble is the one that Duck Duck Go uses, and I don't disagree with it. Google's results are biased. However, does the fact that Google can and does hide some (or even many) relevant pages on the web from you make them responsible for "closing the web"? Of course not! Without Google, instead of random but relevant websites and blogs providing answers when you search, you'd probably go to a centralized sites for information or data, which could be biased and ignorant. Without Google, think of all of the internet companies that never would have grown because they would never have been found. Back to Facebook. Sure, many on Facebook just share photos, comments, have discussions, etc. But, there are a lot of links shared and pages you can like to get more links in your feed. As a Facebook user, I see much more new content and read information I would have been unaware of if I'd only been reading HN or a news website. I also share the best stories from HN, exposing a number of my friends to articles they would not have otherwise read. In my opinion, Facebook hasn't closed the web. In fact, it seems that the web would have been more closed if Facebook and Google had never existed. |