- [[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:
- 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.