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Why web3 not Web 3.0?

egeozcan 5y ago
Because we never used the minor version and it doesn't have any practical value? I mean I dislike the giant ponzi scheme but they do have a cool name, I'll give them that.
IshKebab 5y ago
Why `web` at all? As far as I can tell it has nothing to do with the web. Has anyone made a "dApp" that actually lets you run websites?
- wruza 5y ago
  Wait, web is a form of networking, not "websites". This word got it's meaning from that word. "Web" means spider's web around the globe-like, not html page-like.
  - IshKebab 5y ago
    It's clearly refering to the same thing as web 1 and web 2.0 otherwise why the 3? Maybe they're trying to say "this is a better thing than the web"? But that doesn't make sense either because none of the applications can replace any aspect of the web as far as I can tell.
tudorw 5y ago
Personally I like WW3 :)
thinkingemote 5y ago
Web 2.0 was the crowd - all about people contributing and talking together online. Web3 is all about people buying and selling things. The bad smell is strong.
fivefifty 5y ago
I remember Web 3.0 was first a thing maybe 15 years ago when talking about the 'Semantic web', i.e. interchangeable meta data standards etc. That was mostly boring data stuff to 'normal people', so never really took off into the mainstream like 'Web 2.0' did when referencing social media/user generated content. Then several years later I heard about 'Web 3.0' again, but this time most referring more to the 'internet of things', which seemed to get a bit more traction for a short time, usually around mundane household devices like internet connected fridges and toasters before also disappearing as most of those things never really took off with consumers. Now for whatever reason it's come back again, but this time rebranded as 'web3' probably to sound more contemporary as web 3.0 sounds very mid 2000s now. This time whoever is driving this is trying to make it about crypto/decentralization etc. as if it's a new thing even though I feel that's kinda been a thing for a quite while now.

Because we never used the minor version and it doesn't have any practical value? I mean I dislike the giant ponzi scheme but they do have a cool name, I'll give them that.

IshKebab 5y ago

Why `web` at all? As far as I can tell it has nothing to do with the web. Has anyone made a "dApp" that actually lets you run websites?

wruza 5y ago
Wait, web is a form of networking, not "websites". This word got it's meaning from that word. "Web" means spider's web around the globe-like, not html page-like.
- IshKebab 5y ago
  It's clearly refering to the same thing as web 1 and web 2.0 otherwise why the 3? Maybe they're trying to say "this is a better thing than the web"? But that doesn't make sense either because none of the applications can replace any aspect of the web as far as I can tell.

tudorw 5y ago

Personally I like WW3 :)

thinkingemote 5y ago

Web 2.0 was the crowd - all about people contributing and talking together online. Web3 is all about people buying and selling things. The bad smell is strong.

fivefifty 5y ago

I remember Web 3.0 was first a thing maybe 15 years ago when talking about the 'Semantic web', i.e. interchangeable meta data standards etc. That was mostly boring data stuff to 'normal people', so never really took off into the mainstream like 'Web 2.0' did when referencing social media/user generated content. Then several years later I heard about 'Web 3.0' again, but this time most referring more to the 'internet of things', which seemed to get a bit more traction for a short time, usually around mundane household devices like internet connected fridges and toasters before also disappearing as most of those things never really took off with consumers. Now for whatever reason it's come back again, but this time rebranded as 'web3' probably to sound more contemporary as web 3.0 sounds very mid 2000s now. This time whoever is driving this is trying to make it about crypto/decentralization etc. as if it's a new thing even though I feel that's kinda been a thing for a quite while now.