I’ve felt it for awhile and now I’m reading articles about it- the internet is dead-
Bots, marketing posts, astroturfing, people that act like bots and soon gpt3/4 everything etc
Its a lifeless dumpster fire filled with shiny emptiness 0_0
The promise of Web2 was fulfilled by companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter etc- they did their thing, dominated it and yeah it fucking sucks breh
Web3 is just a buzzword for now mostly- but I can see little pieces of it coming together-
These are the “promises” I’m expecting from “Web3”
Web3 promises that the user owns their “data” and the user will be able to monetize their data-
Web3 promises real “free speech” as long as you pay the small fees involved to keep it active etc-
Web3 promises that you can say/create whatever you want without being “de-platformed” etc-
Web3 promises that you can’t be sanctioned/blocked/blacklisted from receiving payments for whatever it is you do and where ever you are
Web3 will be more like Web1 with supercharged finance, speed, and amazing creative and collaborative tools
Web1 was pretty fucking awesome- the internet back then felt like real people were behind it because they were- when you went to someones funky website it was built by them from scratch usually- html, ftp etc
Even file sharing was better back then- most people know about Napster but shiiiiit Hotline and Carracho were awesome 0_0
On Web1 you didn’t complain about what someone had written on their website, if you didn’t like it you just didn’t visit it. You didn’t even think of trying to get their website removed/banned etc
All that bullshit is relatively new- but then again it was reflected in real life as well- if you didn’t like what someone believed in/was saying you didn’t punch them in the face and run away- you just walked away/ignored them.
What killed Web2?
Greed, trying to monetize everything fucking thing
Fear, censoring things to keep people “safe”
Conformity, standards in design, zombie people all wanting to be the same
Centralized controls
What will drive Web3?
Greed, get rich buying the new Web3 tokens maaan haha
Free expression, oh shit I can say ******** on here?!
Decentralization, no nation state, corporation, rich person etc can control it or shut it down
Some pretty important stuff required for Web3 should come online at the beginning of next year and I hope by the end of 2023 Web3 starts to get exciting- I really hope so as the internet as it is right now is really boring 0_0
I’m still doing my part to keep the web weird of course in releasing all kinds of crazy works/media like this next thing DERP SOULS