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What is Web 2.0 Anyway?


I was researching Web 2.0 and what it really means when I came across this article: https://www.lifewire.com/what-is-web-2-0-p2-3486624. The article, What Does 'Web 2.0' Even Mean, by Daniel Nations is a more recent article that described Web 2.0 in terms that I more easily understood. After reading the article, I discovered that Web 2.0 is just the evolvement of Web 1.0 that allowed for interaction on the web. Nations says, "Web 2.0 marked an era where we weren't just using the internet as a tool anymore—we were becoming part of it. You could say that Web 2.0 involved the process of putting 'us' into the web." I also now understand that social media is an idea that came from Web 2.0. Now we are connected with other people and can share anything we want to via social media. It has been a while since the Web 2.0 era began and all of us are not used to a very interactive and social web. 

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  1. VanessaMay 12, 2020 at 8:20 PM

    It's interesting to think about how something that is truly an assumption of our everyday lives now was a novelty to many people 15 years ago and not even a dream for most people 15 years before that.

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    1. LeahMay 13, 2020 at 7:28 AM

      It amazes me to think about how much things have changed even from 15 years ago. I grew up using Web 2.0 when I was in middle and high school but I would have never imagined the web would have developed into what it is today. My husband and I still talk about how amazing it is that we have the web right at our fingertips on our phones. Makes me wonder what it'll be like another 15 years from now.

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  2. IlvermonyMay 16, 2020 at 7:20 PM

    I love it how you mention "we weren't just using the internet as a tool anymore—we were becoming part of it." Because thats what sets Web 2.0 apart from its predecessor; it gives us users more agency and it is fluid to incorporate and respond to our thoughts and actions. Thats what makes it more dangerous as well. I liked the link that you shared. What caught my attention in it is how they toyed with the word "social": social media, social network, social news; all this emphasizing that its all about people.

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