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- 1A future of pervasive web gatekeepers?●One possible future for websites is pervasive gatekeepers https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/OneWebFutureGatek
A blog essay by Chris Siebenmann argues that one possible future for the open web is one in which pervasive gatekeepers control access to websites, whether through platforms, crawlers, or intermediaries. The piece is being shared and discussed on decentralized social networks, where users are debating how much control intermediaries should have over who reaches independent sites.
- 2AI bots and scraping could push the open web out of reach●Anno 202X, il web è così impestato e saccheggiato da bot e scraping dell'AI che i costi per la gestione di siti e comuni
Commenters warn that by 202X the web could be so infested with bots and AI scraping that running websites and online communities becomes affordable only for a handful of global billionaires, pushing humanity into isolated, self-contained systems. The post is drawing attention in Italian-language discussions about the rising costs of maintaining an open internet under pressure from automated AI traffic.
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A new animation showing a spider moving through a web as a metaphor for how a web crawler indexes pages online is circulating widely. The visual breaks down a technical process into an easy-to-grasp analogy, drawing attention from both tech audiences and general viewers who are sharing and discussing it.