I don’t know if there already is a real Web 3.0 definition out there (the first search results I got were using web3.0 to promote crypto so fuck that definition) but like Web 1.0 was the internet being a way for specific scientists/hobbyists/organizations to send esoteric data right?
Web 2.0 is the shift over to creating and sharing content on a broad scale, people reaching out through the web to interact and express themselves. Creators and companies trying to reach out to be accessible by lots of people.
We went from “you have to put in work to send/receive data on the net” to “it is easy for you to send stuff to the net and recieve stuff from the net” to “the net knows where you live and begs you to give it data it can sell then takes that data even if you refuse”
We also went from “you want this info, you need to find someone with it, set up a connection, get it” to “now we have efficient search engines help you easily find what you want” to “the internet is now the library of babel but worse because all the nonsense is ‘AI’ which can sometimes convincingly look like it isn’t nonsense.”
Both those paths seem like direct continuation so I propose we use web3.0 as a term for the enshittified internet.
Thoughts? We can call the decentralization of the net 4.0 because it’s being spurred on in response to 3.0 yeah?
When “web 2.0” became a common parlance, I wanted to get a shirt printed that said, “web 2.0 can suck my balls 2.0.” I hate when marketing language gets infused into things that don’t need it.
Valid, and good shirt idea, but turning web3.0 into a derogatory term for corpo shit would be the opposite of marketing language yes?
Yes, you’re right about that. Glad you pointed it out.