The ubiquitous becomes invisible, and the cool kids that made a the internet such a compelling place for cyberpunk writers to dream about have all become obsessed with deliberately analog technology (vinyl records, letter press, chicken coops...)

So when you say the internet has gone quiet, what you really mean is that our consumption of it has become more passive (we read more than we comment), ubiquitous (how many time a day to you read or receive content through your phone?) and the conversations have moved off of websites and blogs and into Facebook (when we have things to say that are acceptable to say in front of moms and bosses) and text messages (when we have things to say that aren't).

The internet blows.