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I think that just like Web 1 and 2, Web 3 is sorta an evolving term. Web 2 meant at different times and for different people a) web with user generated content

I think that just like Web 1 and 2, Web 3 is sorta an evolving term. Web 2 meant at different times and for different people a) web with user generated content (as opposed to admin generated), b) websites with AJAX requests, c) websites with glossy buttons and mirror effects. Right now, the consensus seems to be that Web 3 is decentralized/blockchain stuff - but I also hear the Metaverse concept increasingly referred to as "Web 3" I suppose my point is that the web doesn't develop along a linear, one dimensional scale, but rather a branching and recombining tree.

netcan 5y ago
Agreed. Web 2.0 was also supposed to be democratizing. Blogging, user participation. A web the dissolves the user/webmaster dichotomy. Less gatekeepers, barriers to entry, etc. Walled gardens, gatekeepers, centralization and monopoly hardening happened. They were never the stated ideal. Just like web 2.0, web 3.0's idealistic description tends to to be the opposite of whatever 2.0's shortcomings are. Just like with 2.0, reality is likely to have its own say.