- [[Rao, Vankatesh - 2019 - The Extended Internet Universe|Venkatesh Rao]] explains that there’s a pick-2-of-3 constraint triangle that’s currently governing the internet:![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa535b03-043c-43a5-9d09-196d998b5120_1324x988.png) - Free and Quality spaces are closed to the public and are likely relegated to he [[cozyweb]]. Spaces that are Free and Open to Public are usually your big socials — most of us would not consider these spaces to be Quality. And then those areas that are Quality and Open to Public are rarely Free; these are likely paid communities and paywalled content.