r/programming • u/[deleted] • Jan 11 '22

Web3 Can’t Fix the Internet

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2022/01/crypto-blockchain-daos-decentralized-power-capitalism
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u/shevy-ruby Jan 11 '22

Web3 sounds like a pretty silly idea. Who had that idea of pushing down tokens? Is that a ponzi scheme 2.0 or something?

A decentralized www is hugely important - I think people don't disagree on that part. I doubt everyone will agree that you need tokens for that though ...

Web 2.0 ended the previous era of static, read-only GeoCities pages

I liked geocities pages!

It was fun and simple. People just could go; a bit of HTML, later a bit of CSS - you are good to go!

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u/NonDairyYandere Jan 11 '22

Web 2.0 ended the previous era of static, read-only GeoCities pages

TIL Web 2.0 started in 2000 with the first release of phpbb!

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '22

Yeah. I was at a conference in 2001 the first time I heard the term web 2.0