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> web1 was decentralized, web2 centralized everything into platforms Am I the only one who remembers Web 1.0 as "publisher-generated content" and Web 2.0 as "u
by pronik 5y ago
> web1 was decentralized, web2 centralized everything into platforms
Am I the only one who remembers Web 1.0 as "publisher-generated content" and Web 2.0 as "user-generated content"? (publisher being the one who hosts the server) The latter is dead for several years now, since we've found out content moderation is hard and even scale won't help you there.
- phgn 5y agoYour distinction aligns with Moxie's point that most people do not want to run their own servers. Web 2 made user-generated content easier, so more people used it. > "user-generated content [...] is dead for several years now" I don't think that is true at all, see the rise of Youtube creators, Twitter influencers, TikTok etc. Regardless of web3, I believe we are moving more into the "creator economy" and away from centralised news media (a single-digit number of news sources everyone listens to).