Ask HN: Future Web Pledge, tenets for a sustainable web

In the last few days there's been much talk about what direction the web is heading. These discussions have been prompted by three articles regarding how the internet has evolved from a developer's standpoint:

bit.ly/1JOOMlB

bit.ly/1OL6sSU

bit.ly/1gAPHPq

These articles serve as important reflection on the current state of the internet and a bit of an omen about where we are headed as the web continues to develop without any specific focus. As is, it's important to have a discussion about where we (the developers) want to see the web going, everything from a technical level to a larger philosophical perspective on what the web fundamentally is and how we can put ideas into practice to maintain what's left of an open internet.

With no clear position in the past the direction of the internet experience has been dictated by the biggest players on the web. As the popularity of Facebook, Twitter, and their way of consuming content grows we lose more and more of what the traditional internet experience represents, and as we continue to lay silent we give permission to let the web experience be dictated by these companies.

At this juncture I think it's important to have a discussion about where we want to see the internet go. Do we want a future of walled gardens, bits of content, and a lack diverse opinions or do we want to help users embrace the internet as a whole? These opinions would serve to create fundamental tenets of development, a Future Web Pledge if you will, for an internet that creates the most good for the greatest amount of people.

Being able to boil down these philosophies into an actionable framework would serve as a common reference for current and future developers, helping to promote an ideal direction we want to see the internet move towards. I'd like to start collecting these ideas and opinions and publish them into some form so that they may be shared and improved upon.