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Web3 for complete newbies

Oluwatunkunmi Okupa on April 07, 2022

Introduction I am sure you have been seeing a lot of tweets, posts, and conversations revolving around the buzzword “Web 3”. The interne...
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Jay Jeckel

Web 1.0, also known as the "read-only web" existed from 1989 to 2004

People need to stop spreading these lies. There was never a static readonly web. Forums, chat rooms, and other interactive sites that allowed user-generated content have been around since the beginning of the web.

What is Web 2.0? This is the era we currently live in

Umm, no. Web 2.0 wasn't an era of the web, it was nothing more than a late 2000's marketing term that misunderstood and overhyped the growing use of AJAX. That's it.

What is Web 3.0?

Web3 is a lie built on lies. There never was a web 1.0 or a web 2.0 and web3 is just blockchain propaganda.

If you were taught these lies in school, then please go tell those teachers to stop, because they are spreading nonsense and obscuring the real history of the web.

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Oluwatunkunmi Okupa

Hey there, I understand you have your own opinions on the subject matter and that's perfectly fine, I commend it, different opinions lead to even more learning and that's great! But I do feel the need to address your comment regardless

Mainly, I honestly think you're missing the point, the main point is the web is "evolving" and it's has changed and it's going to continue changing, whether or not you see web3 has a "blockchain propaganda" or not, people love the idea of a decentralized web and are willing to work to see it come to life.

For your statement on the static pages not existing, I can tell you for a fact that they did, I left a link to one in the article and if that isn't enough look up CERN's first website or even the first Amazon website, heck even Wikipedia (albeit being updated) can be used as an example for the static page explanation. You can read up on how ARPANET operated as well to help understand

And as for your statement on whether or not "web 2 or web 1" are lies, again I say you're missing the point, the web started from somewhere and continued to grow with each stage having it's own uniqueness and particular features, the categorization is just to help get the point across to people.

Look at it this way, cars initially started from somewhere yes? They started by working with 4 cycle combustion engines to using gasoline and now we have electric cars (although still being in limited supply and used but it is in existence), would you disregard the evolution of cars and their unique features? No, Would you assume electric cars are a marketing plot to fund dear old Elon? Well... that's up to you to decide, but like I initially said, your views and opinions are very much welcomed

Phewww! that was a lot, I really do hope this helped, bless :)

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Jay Jeckel

Yes, static pages existed, but so did non-static pages, ie the forums, chatrooms, and other sites I mentioned. Since non-static pages existed, that means the web wasn't "readonly".

And, no, I'm not missing the point, all those that repeat these same web3 talking points (and this site gets a couple of these articles every day) are missing the point. The only thing that changed about the web between the so-called web 1.0 and web 2.0 is that web devs started using AJAX to update individual parts of a page instead of updating the whole page. That's it. And that's not an opinion, that's a fact; I and many others where there at the time pointing out "web 2.0" as nothing more than a marketing term that misunderstood AJAX.

If the main point is that the web is evolving, then just say that. No need to make up eras of the web that didn't actual exist or bring back meaningless marketing terms that had thankfully died out. Spout web3 stuff all you want, but please stop spreading these lies about web history.

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Eduar Bastidas

Completely agree, the web has no versions, those who put versions and believe it, just want to be fashionable and feel that they are cool, but do not look more than ridiculous.

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Sy Hung Doan

Never heard of Web 1.0 and 2.0 until Web 3.0 was introduced to spread blockchain/crypto hype.

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Samuel Chan

dives deeper into other possible versions of the web (Web 4.0 & Web 5.0) that are yet to come

Wait, I’ve only ever heard the term web4 or web5 used in mockery or a cynical, ironic fashion. I’m missing something.

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Oluwatunkunmi Okupa

:) check the resource paper, it'll give you a little background on them

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Chris Bongers

The resource paper is written by: Assistant Proefssor

Not sure I trust this resource in all honesty 😅

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Oluwatunkunmi Okupa • Edited

I understand, here's the thing, those are just "possible versions" of the next stage of the web, there are resources that have their own "possible versions" as well. I was really fascinated by that one I added while researching so I thought I'd add it in for anyone else also interested, hope that helps!

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Ben Halpern

You should crosspost this to MetaPunk!

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SaMon Smith

This is a great article, you were clear and concise. Thanks for sharing. Don’t forget. Haters hate when people know a little more than them! Peace!

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Oluwatunkunmi Okupa

You're welcome, I'm really glad it helped! also thanks for the insight on the haters :)