# 2020-09-25



## Web Renewal

[[Phil Jones]] has a page on his wiki about a [[web renewal]]:  http://thoughtstorms.info/view/WebRenewal

> The rediscovery of the same types of community and values that excited us at TheDawnOfWiki.

Hopefully a rediscovery that is long-lived?

That word 'rediscovery' chimes with the article that was in the MIT Technology Review recently: [Digital gardens let you cultivate your own little bit of the internet](https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/09/03/1007716/digital-gardens-let-you-cultivate-your-own-little-bit-of-the-internet/).  It's a nice article, but is pretty much describing home pages from way back when, like they're a new thing.

> It's not the hyped-up search for WebThreePointZero or TheNextBigThing. Instead it's a return to seeking something of the openness and freedom that has been lost with the rise of giants like Twitter, Facebook and Google.
> 
> – http://thoughtstorms.info/view/WebRenewal

I hope the openness and freedom comes back and remains.  I have a bit of a worry that for example Roam Research is going to become something like the Facebook of the personal wiki.