First, Hoder proclaims that Facebook has killed the open web. He writes eloquently about how the blogosphere used to be, adding value to links just as I have done in this paragraph. I can't help, however, to note the irony of his article appearing on a web page loaded up with advertising and has audio automatically playing. 

Dave Winer rightly states that Hoder is wrong, the web is not dead. 

John Philpin quotes Robert Scoble, who says that the open web is killing the open web, citing issues around monetization that I mention above.

I would say that as long as any person can register a domain name and buy web hosting to publish their writing, the web will not be dead. Unfortunately, I think there may be deeper issues here centered around not seeing the value in the exchange of ideas.  

Web sites designed for the purpose of monetization rather than conveying information is definitely killing the readability of the Internet. Greed drives many web sites to be absolutely hostile to readers. 

My fear is that the arguments made against opening up the web to commercial use in the early 90s is proving to be correct. While we benefit much from the commercial web, it is driving a web of weeds that is choking the exchange of information.