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@aral

> An Open API is simply a limited, revokable license to access and consume a certain subset of data and/or functionality that belongs to a closed silo.

Nailed it. The silo doors of twitter and reddit are already closed.

@aral

I gotta ask … is fediverse not not web2.0? (Double negative intentional)

@aral I think this is an unfair definition of Web 2.0 and a bit hyperbolic.

Web 1.0 was HTTP/HTML, where publishing meant you needed to know the markup language and have certain technical skills. Web 2.0 is XML/RSS, where content is separated from form, allowing for syndication and enabling non-technical folks to publish.

Just because a handful of companies subverted and abused Web 2.0 to create data silos as profit centers doesn’t mean the principles are the problem. In fact, Web 2.0 remains vital as the backbone of #SmallWeb while we pivot back to self-hosting blogs and building federated networks.

Web 2.0 isn’t what’s killing the internet. Capitalism is.