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>> The gold rush is over - private equity is going to squeeze every little drop from the companies that have been built and we will move on to Web 3.0 - which w

by tivert 2y ago

>> The gold rush is over - private equity is going to squeeze every little drop from the companies that have been built and we will move on to Web 3.0 - which will be just like web 1.0 - self-hosting, link directories, newsletters, and guestbooks. > As much as I'd like to see a web 1.0 revival, this won't happen. > The traffic is controlled by Google and social networks. Maybe Web 1.0 won't return as the "dominant culture," but I wonder if something like it could return as a subculture. > Most people don't have the skills needed to run their own website. A lot of valuable content is created by people without these sorts of skills. Maybe we just need an new MS Frontpage for the new millennium?

rovr138 2y ago
I know someone that just has a folder with word docs and exports them to html With so many static site generators, I wonder how hard it’d be. Not that it’s simple, just thinking that an opinionated structure, a gui, and gluing it all together.
manuelmoreale 2y ago
> Maybe Web 1.0 won't return as the "dominant culture," but I wonder if something like it could return as a subculture. I’m shamelessly link to this thing I’m running[0] because I personally believe that subculture is already (still?) there and I’m doing what I can to help other people discover this fact. Just recently I added a guestbook to my site and I’m having fun seeing other people doing the same. Webrings are also doing a comeback. I have hope for a return of a more personal web, even as just a small subset of the whole web. [0] https://peopleandblogs.com/ https://peopleandblogs.com/
johnnyanmac 2y ago
there's nothing technological stopping a subculture. It's just that network effects are extremely strong. That and financial incentives. Substacks seems to be the most successful "web 1" implemenation in the past decade, but that still monetizes the idea (anthetical to a web 1 era).

by tivert 2y ago

rovr138 2y ago

I know someone that just has a folder with word docs and exports them to html With so many static site generators, I wonder how hard it’d be. Not that it’s simple, just thinking that an opinionated structure, a gui, and gluing it all together.

manuelmoreale 2y ago

> Maybe Web 1.0 won't return as the "dominant culture," but I wonder if something like it could return as a subculture. I’m shamelessly link to this thing I’m running[0] because I personally believe that subculture is already (still?) there and I’m doing what I can to help other people discover this fact. Just recently I added a guestbook to my site and I’m having fun seeing other people doing the same. Webrings are also doing a comeback. I have hope for a return of a more personal web, even as just a small subset of the whole web. [0] https://peopleandblogs.com/ https://peopleandblogs.com/

johnnyanmac 2y ago

there's nothing technological stopping a subculture. It's just that network effects are extremely strong. That and financial incentives. Substacks seems to be the most successful "web 1" implemenation in the past decade, but that still monetizes the idea (anthetical to a web 1 era).