New Changes Coming to the Internet. Web 3.0

I am posting this topic with the hopes of getting a discussion going. I enjoy reading all the interesting articles, but with all the intelligent people on the boards I would really like to get an intelligent discussion going to see what other people are thinking.

There has been a lot of articles posted about companies like Twitter and YouTube/Google censoring topics at the behest of big business and governments. This has been going against what the Internet was initially built for. The Internet has been a tool for the free exchange of information and ideas without the interference of big companies and governments. But as the Internet has become more commercialized it has become all too easy for those in power to squash the voices of the little people. One of the reasons why hackers emerged in the first place was to ensure that no one controlled information and voices.

But the best thing about the Internet, is that those with the knowledge (us hackers) can fight this trend. A little while ago I proposed a question about the future of the Internet. Since the web is just basically code and can be rewritten at any time, I postulated that the power can be usurped from those who think they have the power and given back to the masses at any time. The question went a little something like this:

One of the best things about writing software is that you constantly get to make things that didn't exist before. The Internet was originally created so scientists could share information almost instantaneously. The Internet has evolved into something most people could not have conceived of back then. Now that we know it's capabilities, if you could remake the Internet from the ground up, how would you do it, what would you include? Even with web 2.0 there's a lot of legacy involved. If we were completely unshackled from the past to make it in HN's image, how would it look?

I know this is a radical idea, but just imagine making something completely new to compete with the entire Internet! Would the browser even exist as we know it? I'm sure it could be better, even seamlessly integrated into the OS. The interface could be completely different. Forget just targeting individual sites or services, what could be awesome enough to change the entire face of online computing? If u build something truly awesome, Microsoft, Amazon, Google could be rendered obsolete overnight! Hindsight is 20/20, for once we have that working in our favor, who knew what the Internet would become, let's take what we know it can do, build it even better and then add all the features to take us through the next decade and beyond.

It is entirely possible and some might argue our responsibility to remake the World Wide Web in our own image. Especially given the dangerous road of net censorship and the threat of net neutrality being taken away. There is definitely a better way to fight big businesses and government lobbies. If it was up to you, what would you do?

I have an idea. I'm a firm believer in changing the whole game. While everyone is playing baseball, can come up with football and make everything that they're doing obsolete overnight. Why fight them on their own turf when you can change the sport and the stadium there playing in. If you do it well enough, they'll be so off balance you will have a huge advantage because they'll be playing the wrong sport entirely. Okay enough of the sports metaphors. If I were putting together the Internet today I would design it more along the lines of a peer to peer decentralized system. Destination websites as we know them would be a thing of the past. As it stands now we give these portals way too much power over our surfing experience. If they want to block us, track us, install root kits without our knowledge etc. There is very little we can do. The "browsers" would not just be a way to navigate to different websites. Each browser would have built-in tools that would give you an active role in creating the Internet. Instead of the passive browsers that we use today where you just open a window and look at wh...