[progrock]

More value in inbound links than outbound links?

The environment sets the context of the content. But your content may appear different when viewed from a different aspect (under a different context.)

A piece of content barely stands on it's own, that's the charm of the web. It's an endless task trying to atomise it.

[lmm]

A piece of content has to stand on its own (at least on a physical level; obviously works are embedded in their cultures), because reading is still a fundamentally linear activity (and watching a video more so). Displaying a composite piece of content derived from multiple sources is a rainbow people have been chasing since before the web (see xanadu), but it still looks as far away as ever.

[progrock]

I don't know why I said barely - should have said 'doesn't solely stand on it's own.' But of course ideally it would be nice if it had meaning all by itself.