"Confessions"

So this guy takes a very long time to make some relatively simple points...I don't even get to his actual argument until halfway down the page.  Before that, everything was just senseless babble. 

So I'm GUESSING that his big argument is that the concept of Web 2.0 is over-hyped, and only provides the illusion that it is a consumer-based, participant-based system, when in reality it's still a business model and tool.  This illusion, if true, was likely developed in order to give consumers the additional illusion that they are in control, and that the internet is theirs to exploit in whatever way they see fit--thus increasing usage. In reality, beneath the veil the corporate masters are supposedly running the show.

I say "supposedly" and "if true" because after the previous readings that talk about how great and innovative the concept of Web 2.0 is, only to be directly contradicted in this reading, makes it very difficult for me to decide what to believe.  Am I a sucker for the internet? Yes, guilty as charged.  Would I be equally a sucker for it if business was truly in control of it? Probably.

I guess the best thing I can take from this, in the end, is that there are two sides to every story, and this case is no exception.  It increased my awareness, and now maybe I can be more observant of the scenario and become capable of making a decision.