The Value of an Unfiltered Feed: Why the Open Web Matters More Than Ever
In the early years of the twenty-first century, the internet felt like an open prairie. You could set up a simple blog on Blogger or early WordPress, join a forum on theology, parenting, or classic cars, and enter conversations that stretched across time zones without anyone deciding in advance what deserved attention. The “feed” — if you could even call it that — was raw, human, often messy, and gloriously unfiltered. Discovery happened through blogrolls, links in posts, and patient reading. Serendipity was normal. Today the landscape has changed. Most people experience the internet inside beautifully designed, tightly controlled gardens owned by a handful of corporations. You enter through an app store, follow paths the algorithm has already chosen for maximum engagement, and rarely see beyond the walls. The flowers may be bright, but the soil is shallow. Genuine, thoughtful interaction has become the exception rather than the rule. As a conservative Christian who writes and reads ex...
