Cool, the Web 3.0 definition is out:
- Web 3.0 is defined as the creation of high-quality content and services produced by gifted individuals using Web 2.0 technology as an enabling platform.
Web 2.0 services are now the commoditized platform, not the final product. In a world where a social network, wiki, or social bookmarking service can be built for free and in an instant, what’s next?
Web 2.0 services like digg and YouTube evolve into Web 3.0 services with an additional layer of individual excellence and focus. As an example, funnyordie.com leverages all the standard YouTube Web 2.0 feature sets like syndication and social networking, while adding a layer of talent and trust to them.
A version of digg where experts check the validity of claims, corrected errors, and restated headlines to be more accurate would be the Web 3.0 version. However, I’m not sure if the digg community will embrace that any time soon.
Wikipedia, considered a Web 1.5 service, is experiencing the start of the Web 3.0 movement by locking pages down as they reach completion, and (at least in their German version) requiring edits to flow through trusted experts.
Also of note, is what Web 3.0 leaves behind. Web 3.0 throttles the “wisdom of the crowds” from turning into the “madness of the mobs” we’ve seen all to often, by balancing it with a respect of experts. Web 3.0 leaves behind the cowardly anonymous contributors and the selfish blackhat SEOs that have polluted and diminished so many communities.
Web 3.0 is a return to what was great about media and technology before Web 2.0: recognizing talent and expertise, the ownership of ones words, and fairness. It’s time to evolve, shall we?
I agree with Jason to a certain extent but I believe this isn’t the fullest explanation of what we are about to see. Web3.0 will be more videos, social networks that cover all types of niche markets. It’s like digg sites that will run everywhere just like blogs are doing right now. I don’t know how long THIS will take but once it takes off, it should be the Web3.0 that we did not expect. Remember, Web2.0 is a concept derived from O’Reiley that we just kinda follow after it took off. Web3.0 will be way more serious than this. We won’t know it’s Web3.0 until it has hit us…that will take time…don’t know when…
Web3.0 via Jason Calacanis Blog
P.S. It will probably be when we call social networks, sonet, just like we are calling weblogs blogs now…
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Yea things have to change significantly before we consider a web 3.0 and i havent seen that change yet. You can plainly see the differences between those sites considered web1.0 and web 2.0.
Yes, we will have a lot to go before web3.0 for sure.
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