“Web 2.0” was the buzzword for websites that featured user-provided content rather than content provided by the site creator. “Platforms” in the “platform vs. publisher” distinction that was getting a lot of discussion five-ten years ago.
Huh, in all these years, I thought “web 2.0” was just describing a new design style or monetization method or some shit. Had no idea it was referring to user created content. So thanks for the history lesson!
I definitely heard the term back then but yeah, I just assumed and never actually bothered reading up on it or anything.
Technically it was both a new design paradigm and a new monetization scheme, in that you’d get people to provide you content for free that you collect as revenue or even subscription fees on.
“Web 2.0” was the buzzword for websites that featured user-provided content rather than content provided by the site creator. “Platforms” in the “platform vs. publisher” distinction that was getting a lot of discussion five-ten years ago.
Huh, in all these years, I thought “web 2.0” was just describing a new design style or monetization method or some shit. Had no idea it was referring to user created content. So thanks for the history lesson!
I definitely heard the term back then but yeah, I just assumed and never actually bothered reading up on it or anything.
Technically it was both a new design paradigm and a new monetization scheme, in that you’d get people to provide you content for free that you collect as revenue or even subscription fees on.