My question, for when you’re done with the video: YouTube is a commercial property. It’s not the Internet. But it’s where we go right now and use the tools to express ourselves (amongst other properties). How is this voice being protected, or is it?

The conversation makes me think of Gnomedex 2007 presenter Robert Steele, who told us that we should cobble together our own networks using Cisco routers and create our own net experiences. Maybe he was on to something.

But think about that: pretty much all the tools we use are there are the behest of other corporations: YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and all those places could choose to roll up the carpet tomorrow. If you lost it all there, what would that mean for you?

This isn’t to be considered lightly.