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The Metric Is Not The Mission: The End Of The Universal Internet

A Techdirt commentary argues that the internet's drift toward engagement-driven metrics is eroding the idea of a single, universal web. The piece contends that when platforms optimize for measurement rather than mission, the open internet's original purpose gives way to fragmented, algorithm-driven spaces serving narrow interests.

Why now: Ongoing concern about platform algorithms and metrics reshaping the open internet is driving debate.

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