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Has the internet run of out of ideas?
An article in The Guardian (newspaper) suggests the internet has run out of new ideas:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/29/internet-innovation-failure-patent-control
But perhaps the biggest curb on innovation is the fact that the technologies that might serve as the springboards for next- generation surprises are increasingly closed and controlled. Facebook (product), for example, was built on the web, which is an open platform. But Facebook is busily creating a walled garden in which the only innovations that can arise from it are ones allowed by the proprietors. The same applies to the tethered devices that we know as smartphones and tablets.
We look like being the first civilisation in history that invented a golden goose – and then strangled it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/apr/29/internet-innovation-failure-patent-control
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The internet has not ran out of startups which are using walled gardens to deliver and control information.
In the 90s we had forums. In the 00s we had blogs. In the 10s we have status updates.
The originality of formats is dying, in favour of micro-content. Youtube has surpassed Hulu.
In the 20s, the content format will be smaller and less authoritative so you won't be able to trust it as much, but the way to herd people with social networks within a walled garden, by using notifications (likes/upvotes), and sharing features, and own their identity, will increase.
People will shy away from blogging, forums, and tradtional formats, and move to user generated content walled garden websites, which are curated and bring a personalised web tailored to your interests. The world wide web is dead! We no longer surf the internet to find channels written by one person, as we now find our information within silos, amongst a network of people.
The discussion and breadth of information will be hampered (Encarta/Wordpress.com), but the herding and walled gardens will increase.