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Names in tech are getting more ridiculous every day lately.. but this takes it to a new level.

russian_raecon 7y ago
really? does it actually now? are we sitting here complaing that apple is a fruit but a tech company decided to call themselves that!?!?!? edit: sure it's from a different domain, but come on
joosters 7y ago
The use of 'Web 3' is also plain stupid. Who declared the current web 'version 2' anyway? Did I miss an upgrade from 1.0 ?
- russian_raecon 7y ago
  ummm yeah actually you did. google "web 2.0 the social web" and maybe you can catch up :)
- butterthebuddha 7y ago
  "The term was invented by Darcy DiNucci in 1999 and later popularized by Tim O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty at the O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 Conference in late 2004." [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0 From the same article: "Whether Web 2.0 is substantially different from prior Web technologies has been challenged by World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, who describes the term as jargon. His original vision of the Web was "a collaborative medium, a place where we [could] all meet and read and write." On the other hand, the term Semantic Web (sometimes referred to as Web 3.0) was coined by Berners-Lee to refer to a web of content where the meaning can be processed by machines."
  - DyslexicAtheist 7y ago
    only the wiki entry you quote has this to say about Web 3.0: On the other hand, the term Semantic Web (sometimes referred to as Web 3.0) was coined by Berners-Lee to refer to a web of content where the meaning can be processed by machines.
    - mikelockz 7y ago
      Web3 (not Web 3.0) is how browsers communicate with the data that is not hosted on a web server, but rather on a decentralized blockchain. This means that these things are resistant to censorship.
    - oefrha 7y ago
      Dapps advocates decided to squat the “Web 3.0” name at some point without asking any web people AFAIK. Indeed the technology usually isn’t even HTTP/WWW-based, so calling it Web x.y is kind of a head scratcher. An uncharitable take is to piggyback on an actually successful technology (despite not having much semblance) to lend themselves legitimacy. A sibling comment claims that it’s Web3, not Web 3.0 (as if it’s meaningfully different), but “Web 3.0” has definitely been used a lot by dapp advocates; evidence abound. Maybe they have since decided that “Web 3.0” is a tad too ridiculous and is now rallying under the “Web3” banner instead. I wouldn’t know.
- cgufus 7y ago
  I rememeber web 2.0 was supposed to be when normal users startet providing content. So like ... after year 2000 somewhen?

really? does it actually now? are we sitting here complaing that apple is a fruit but a tech company decided to call themselves that!?!?!? edit: sure it's from a different domain, but come on

joosters 7y ago

The use of 'Web 3' is also plain stupid. Who declared the current web 'version 2' anyway? Did I miss an upgrade from 1.0 ?

russian_raecon 7y ago
ummm yeah actually you did. google "web 2.0 the social web" and maybe you can catch up :)
butterthebuddha 7y ago
"The term was invented by Darcy DiNucci in 1999 and later popularized by Tim O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty at the O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 Conference in late 2004." [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0 From the same article: "Whether Web 2.0 is substantially different from prior Web technologies has been challenged by World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, who describes the term as jargon. His original vision of the Web was "a collaborative medium, a place where we [could] all meet and read and write." On the other hand, the term Semantic Web (sometimes referred to as Web 3.0) was coined by Berners-Lee to refer to a web of content where the meaning can be processed by machines."
- DyslexicAtheist 7y ago
  only the wiki entry you quote has this to say about Web 3.0: On the other hand, the term Semantic Web (sometimes referred to as Web 3.0) was coined by Berners-Lee to refer to a web of content where the meaning can be processed by machines.
  - mikelockz 7y ago
    Web3 (not Web 3.0) is how browsers communicate with the data that is not hosted on a web server, but rather on a decentralized blockchain. This means that these things are resistant to censorship.
  - oefrha 7y ago
    Dapps advocates decided to squat the “Web 3.0” name at some point without asking any web people AFAIK. Indeed the technology usually isn’t even HTTP/WWW-based, so calling it Web x.y is kind of a head scratcher. An uncharitable take is to piggyback on an actually successful technology (despite not having much semblance) to lend themselves legitimacy. A sibling comment claims that it’s Web3, not Web 3.0 (as if it’s meaningfully different), but “Web 3.0” has definitely been used a lot by dapp advocates; evidence abound. Maybe they have since decided that “Web 3.0” is a tad too ridiculous and is now rallying under the “Web3” banner instead. I wouldn’t know.
cgufus 7y ago
I rememeber web 2.0 was supposed to be when normal users startet providing content. So like ... after year 2000 somewhen?