We're addicted to hand-wringing about walled gardens on the web. Guess what a silo that obstructs outbound links actually looks like? Dead.
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Replying to @littlecalculist
I'd certainly like to believe that, but walled gardens have held on for quite a while before!
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Replying to @antumbral
I guess my point is that links prevent total silo-ing in a significant way.
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Replying to @littlecalculist @antumbral
right... the point is that people say "walled gardens" and are


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and further, they are ignoring the huge ecosystem of new jobs that exist through cross-links inside YouTube.
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Replying to @wycats @littlecalculist
Walled gardens are probably a natural phenomenon as website operators try to make money
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Replying to @antumbral @littlecalculist
but our biggest defense of them is the humble hyperlink. So far it has stopped total silos in their tracks.
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