Open web is the buzz

According to "Echoes of the boom" article, the hot trend is for open communication between users on the web. It's taking the Amazon and ebay feedback to the next level: using maps to collect and organize feedbacks.

Somehow the control is still with the web providers, not the users. I want to see the control given back to the users (which will mean the services will lose control and even loss of revenue). I don't have a clear idea yet but I would want to control the organizing myself directly rather than via some service provider. Not only data view but data control (processing) and even data input.

Much thoughts are going all over: true democracy is putting power back to the people not some election "officials," decentralization of computer power allows people to control their computing needs (but being removed with centralization of computing with systems like ClearCube).