The Friends of O’Reilly Camp in September, 2004 1 me from a believer of the Internet into a 2 . They celebrated the revival of the Internet, the realization of an always-connected society and the 3 of media, information, knowledge, content, audience, author through Web 2.0. My dream of making the world a more musical place had 4 among their infinite 5 . The camp was a sneak 6 to the Web 2.0 revolution. This revolution 7 people to believe the empty promise of the "democratized" media, but "democratization" is 8 truth, souring civic 9 , and belittling expertise, experience, and talent. The free, user-generated content by 10 authors 11 the ranks of our cultural 12 , as professional critics, journalists, editors and other 13 of expert information are being replaced by 14 bloggers, hack reviewers, and others under a 15 . Consequently, in this 16 of exploding media technologies, the community has less culture, less reliable news, and more of the 17 , obfuscation, and even disappearance of truth.