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Web 2.0 was a description of / a name given to something that had already happened, with ajax, interactivity, and stuff. Web3 is just a few people pushing for
by jraph 4y ago
Web 2.0 was a description of / a name given to something that had already happened, with ajax, interactivity, and stuff.
Web3 is just a few people pushing for something that nobody wants, nor even understands, maybe even themselves.
Versioning the concept of Web is dead now, let's just say Web and move on.
We don't need blockchains. The Web as a concept is already decentralized, let's work toward actual decentralization but you don't need new concepts nor upping a version number for this. You need lobbying, teaching, raising awareness, legislation, building solutions...: human stuff and a bit of technical work.
- isitmadeofglass 4y agoWeb 3.0 was Also a name given to something that had already happened. It was the semantic web, with technologies like rdf, graph databases and such. I’m sure the origin of “web3” as something related to crypto scams was entirely SEO. You could pitch your new scam-coin as “the new web tech” everyone is talking about and then link to a tach about Web 3.0 by Tim Berneses-Lee as if they had any anything at all to do with each other. Unfortunately the semantic web never truly matured to the point of widespread adoption, but crypto scams did.
- jraph 4y agoYes, that makes the whole Web3 story a lot more infuriating. It's like they don't know at all what they are doing. Not that they care anyway. At least it's good they didn't manage to follow the "Web X.0" scheme properly.