Somewhat agree. I've been getting back into blogs and personal websites - some of this is categorized under 'indieweb'. There is a lot of good work being done out there, great conversations going on, strange and wonderful new hobbyists.

But I don't know if the Web - or the digital rights movement or Occupy or meme culture or whatever your personal fancy is - will ever be retaken. There's space for an underground now - which is good enough for me. Perhaps better than trying to fit all of mainstream society in. And maybe social networks can stay - as a kind of fly paper.