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"Web 2.0" was the modern web around 2008, and concurrent with or associated with things like AJAX and Ruby-on-Rails - here is an old article expanding on the te

"Web 2.0" was the modern web around 2008, and concurrent with or associated with things like AJAX and Ruby-on-Rails - here is an old article expanding on the term: https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1310178 https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1310178 "Web 2.0 is a term (or rather buzzword) that you often hear when describing most “modern” web sites; however, it shouldn’t be a new concept to web developers. Web 2.0 is actually a consolidation of many existing technologies that allows you to provide a rich interactive user experience over the web. Examples of Web 2.0 technologies include, but aren’t limited to, the following areas: - Rich Internet Applications (RIAs), which include AJAX, Adobe Flash, Silverlight, and Moonlight - Web services - Blogs - Wikis - Social networking - Social bookmarking - RSS/Atom" Just a reminder on how easy it is not seeing the forest because of the trees, and instead focusing on things that are shiny and noisy yet will not last. What lasted was to move from server-side computing where all the UI was rendered server side as HTML pages, to a world where a lot of the computing and all of the UI rendering was done client-side. So it meaningful to ask: Are we going into a world where the centralised server gets even less of a role because of things like data storage, payments, authentication are done in a distributed manner or purely client-side?

ctvo 5y ago
The difference between Web 2 and 3 is that no one had to write long Twitter threads daily on why Web 2 was the revolution, and what builders should be making with it. It was organic because there was demand from consumers, and people used the tools available to them to fulfill that demand. Web 3 is artificial, with little to no demand outside of being a vehicle for unregulated speculation. The people most excited for Web 3 aren't builders nor consumers, but venture capitalists and people with a financial stake waiting to cash out.
- achiandet 5y ago
  As someone trying to understand the space beyond trading/speculation, this is what I keep running up against. Philosophically I like a lot of the ideas conveyed but everything seems to keep going back to money and getting further and further away from the free and open web.

ctvo 5y ago

The difference between Web 2 and 3 is that no one had to write long Twitter threads daily on why Web 2 was the revolution, and what builders should be making with it. It was organic because there was demand from consumers, and people used the tools available to them to fulfill that demand. Web 3 is artificial, with little to no demand outside of being a vehicle for unregulated speculation. The people most excited for Web 3 aren't builders nor consumers, but venture capitalists and people with a financial stake waiting to cash out.

achiandet 5y ago
As someone trying to understand the space beyond trading/speculation, this is what I keep running up against. Philosophically I like a lot of the ideas conveyed but everything seems to keep going back to money and getting further and further away from the free and open web.