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Re:Web3/Crypto: Why Bother? by almost on Friday December 31, 2021 @11:12AM (#29749350)
Web 2.0 was never a thing. It was just a vague term some people came up with so they’d have something to say in their magazine articles/blog posts. There is no Web 2.0 or in fact web2.

Web 3.0 I have a soft spot for. It was a stupid name and the ideas didn’t really work but the semantic web people had their hearts in the right place.

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Re:Web3/Crypto: Why Bother? by PaulDavisThe1st on Friday December 31, 2021 @01:45PM (#29751107)
BS. Web 2.0 was the conjunction, refinement and broader availability of several different web-related technologies, notably JavaScript and AJAX, among other things. They enabled an interaction model for web stuff that was impossible with earlier versions of the web.

Nobody said "web2", indeed, but that doesn't invalidate that Web 2.0 described a very distinct and substantial evolution of what is possible in the browser.

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Re:Web3/Crypto: Why Bother? by almost on Friday December 31, 2021 @01:57PM (#29751256)
I though Web 2.0 was all about missing vowels in names.
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Re:Web3/Crypto: Why Bother? by zaphod12 on Friday December 31, 2021 @03:46PM (#29752369)
Rounded corners actually
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Re:Web3/Crypto: Why Bother? by papertokyo on Friday December 31, 2021 @06:46PM (#29753771)
Don't forget the 3D glossy buttons...
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