“Facebook has destroyed the open web”
Facebook hasn&#x27;t destroyed the web - it&#x27;s still there and functioning fine. Hyperlinks still work.<p>What FB has done is made it easier for the lazy to connect with and stay within their own interest groups. FB has made it easy for people to ignore negative information with tons of cat pictures (I am as guilty as anyone for that) and cheerful little meaningless quotes. It&#x27;s made it easier to post misinformation and spread it quickly.<p>But none of that has destroyed the internet. The internet (or more specifically, information) was going to get harder to find and navigate anyway, once you turn it loose on a few billion people.<p>Sure, in the early days, you could encapsulate 75% of existing websites in one directory, but thanks to the efforts of spammers, link farmers, and other lowlife, in addition to the efforts of well-meaning people, and faulty and well-working search algorithms, it&#x27;s a mess.<p>But it was going to happen and FB is not to blame for it. If they are to blame for it, we all equally share the guilt.