intertwingly

Phil Wainewright: In its tiny microcosm, the passion of the debate over RSS is a reminder of how much energy — and enmity — people are prepared to invest in either winning or resisting the imposition of a set of values on the networks they participate in. We all know that, so long as significant groups are excluded from it, both the network and the excluded each remain the poorer for it. Nevertheless, throughout history, people have fought almost to destruction rather than adapt their networks to respect the namespace of others.