What Anil Dash thinks about social media

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Technologist and writer, a blogger since 1999, formerly chief executive of Glitch and a board member of the Data & Society Research Institute. His 2012 essay "The Web We Lost" is one of the founding texts of the argument that the open web has been enclosed.

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2 dated positions, 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Anil Dash has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 27 Mar 2026

   Our readingWhether the open web survives will be decided by what ordinary people collectively do, not by the companies that profit from it.

   Their wordsWhether or not they succeed is going to be decided by decisions that we all make as a community in the coming months.

   ↗Endgame for the Open Webanildash.com 1st of 4 in this piece

3. 27 Mar 2026

   Our readingClosing off interoperability is how a platform locks people in, and that lock-in is what lets the service be made worse without losing them.

   Their wordsMeanwhile, others like Spotify and Netflix leverage their dominant positions in the market to coerce creators to abandon open podcasts entirely, in favor of proprietary formats that require listeners to be on those platforms — locking in both creators and their audiences so they are stuck as they begin the enshittification process.

   ↗Endgame for the Open Webanildash.com 4th of 4 in this piece