>It has always been the case since the dawning of the World Wide Web that we would all go to the same site and get the same information.

What, what, what? That's the exact opposite of what the web is supposed to be about. The web is supposed to be an escape from the scarcity of broadcast media that require us all to go to the same source for the same information. It's Facebook that wants to be the One True Portal, and superficial customization be damned.

What unbelievably vile sophistry!