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The early web was meant to be a decentralized, user-owned hypertext system — a living web of information. Today, we've ended up with centralized silos where link previews, discovery, and even metadata are controlled by corporate platforms.

Gno.land gives us a chance to course-correct.

On Gno.land:

• Metadata can be user-generated and stored directly in realms, without needing external servers or private APIs.
• Previews can be computed deterministically from shared, verifiable code.
• Users can own and fork content, making information remixable and participatory again — not just locked inside engagement farms.
• Discovery can be peer-to-peer, with realms linking to each other openly, not filtered through black-box algorithms.

The goal isn’t just better previews. It’s restoring the editable, decentralized, user-sovereign spirit that the Web was supposed to have.

It starts simple: make the link structure public, verifiable, and open for everyone to extend.

Gno.land can be that foundation.