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#Web3 も #Web4 も、ちょっと検索すると #Web5 ってワードまで出てきたけど、それ系にまったく興味がもててない :spam:

🔗 Web3は失敗していない。ただし、成功もしていない｜Crypto Matters | WIRED.jp https://wired.jp/article/sz-crypto-matters-web3-is-not-dead/#web%E3%81%AF%E4%BA%BA%E3%81%8C%E8%A8%AA%E3%82%8C%E3%82%8B%E5%A0%B4%E6%89%80%E3%81%A7%E3%81%AF%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8F%E3%81%AA%E3%82%8B

#Web3 はそもそも、その "Web" という言葉が意味するものを軽視してるというか、それを礎にした世界観の延長線上にあると考えるのがちょっと間違いというか、Web という言葉を冠する事自体にそもそも実態と違う印象を与えかねないので良くないと思っている。

すくなくとも #WWW としての #Web の延長線上に、 #Web2.0 はたしかにあったけど、その先に #Web3 があるかというと、構図としてそうなってないと（個人的には）思う。

#Web3 って、言葉では「分散型」とか説明されがちだけど、それは理論上・技術的はたしかに分散型と言える側面はあるとしても、どちらかというと既存の #WorldWideWeb の既得権益とか、たとえば既存の銀行組織とかを「中央集権だ」と否定的に見せるための道具として「分散型」を掲げているという側面がある（あった）と思っていて、

実際に、上記の記事中でも

> Web2.0は、すでに起きていた成功に後から付けられた名前だった。
> 〜中略〜
> Web3は逆で、まだ起きていない未来に先に付けられた名前だった。

と書かれてるとおり、記事中では #Web3 は「消えたのではなく、分解された」と書いてるけど、
実際には「 #Web3 は、その言葉が意味する現象がすでに現前したという誇大広告がなくては存在できなかったモノ」であって、つまり「消える以前にそもそも生まれてない」という方が正しいと思う。

その「現実には存在しなかったものを差す言葉」である #Web3 の意味をあとから都合よくねじ曲げて、「Web3 の約束は AI の宿題になった」とか言われても、後出し感しか感じない。

not fo me :drake_dislike:

I should at some point get around to writing the specifications for the alternative web document markup language I've had in my head forever.

HTML isn't bad, but it is definitely constrained by its position as the default markup language for the whole modern web. They need to cater to everyone, from super fancy corporate websites, massive web applications, social media, video sites, encyclopedias, personal homepages, art projects, hobbyists, to professional webdev engineers ...

I really want something purpose-built for a more semantic, personal hypertext web aimed at enthusiasts.

Perhaps it wouldn't be as versatile as HTML, but it doesn't need to fit all use cases of every possible target audience or be viable for businesses.

I am thinking things like …

• Styling should be handled exclusively by the browser based on semantic elements and application-level user preferences (perhaps minimal style recommendations/hints at best).
• Differentiating types of hyperlinks; internal navigation links, important main links, optional context/rabbithole links etc.
• More granular and specific semantic elements, like the uncoupling of times and dates, splitting address/contact elements into specific fields like e-mail and name, quotations with attributions, definitions etc.
• Integration of other semantic data projects such as MusicBrainz, Wikidata or Wikipedia (holy link rot, but we'll see).
• More obligatory metadata like authorship, tags, publishing/modification date etc.
• Integration of non-search engine discoverability features like webrings, directly on a site level
• Easier cross-document reusable elements, i. e. integrating the same header or footer on each site
• Extensive entity-oriented data support with URIs, e. g. in-line fetching of things like names, pronouns or contact data from a central 'person' entity URL to automatically propagate things like name changes through the web.

… and so on.

I could even experiment with the markup tech itself; it doesn't need to be XML after all. It could even be something like a stand-off annotation document allowing the division of content writing from mark-up. Or something with a similarly simple syntax as Markdown, but with semantic instead of styling information.

And then comes the arduous task of implementing a parser. :popcorn: I'm so excited.

#web #webDev #markup #markupLanguages #html #hypertext #www #worldWideWeb #programming #tech

Oh, I’m looking forward to listening to this one tomorrow!

https://news.uchicago.edu/big-brains-podcast-how-websites-trick-you-using-dark-patterns

#Podcast #DarkPatterns #Internet #WorldWideWeb

Current Wildfires

Live Wildfire Map — Track Active Fires in Real Time

🔥 https://currentwildfires.com/en/

#wildfires #fire #live #worldwide #map #realtime #worldwideweb #info #today #livemapping

Heute vor 35 Jahren stellte @timbl sein Projekt eines #WorldWideWeb vor: "The project started with the philosophy that much academic information should be freely available to anyone."
Und schwupps, schon 13 Jahre später hatte die #WerkstattGeschichte ihre eigene Website, die heute das gesamte #Heftarchiv mit allen Beiträgen (älter als ein Jahr) aus über 90 Ausgaben zum Download bereithält:
▶️ https://werkstattgeschichte.de/

@histodons

#histodons #Geschichtswissenschaft #Internet

Il giorno in cui un uomo solo regalò il web al mondo: trentacinque anni fa, e nessuno se ne accorse https://www.quotidiano.net/tech/il-giorno-in-cui-un-uomo-solo-regalo-il-web-al-mondo-trentacinque-anni-fa-e-nessuno-se-ne-accorse-kpe557uj

@internet

#Cern #worldwideweb #TimBernersLee

What Was the #Internet?

As #AI overtakes the web, five writers reflect on how far it’s fallen and what comes next.

Siva Vaidhyanathan, Avery Dame-Griff, Joanna Walsh, Chad Wellmon, Cory Doctorow, Matt Lord

https://www.bostonreview.net/articles/what-was-the-internet/
#artificialIntelligence #WorldWideWeb #tech #BigTech #techFutures #techCriticism #media

For the 35th anniversary of the first web site launch by @timbl we should remember especially the wonderful help section of this site.

"Put up some data
Suggest someone else does
Manage a subject area
Write some software
Send us suggestions
Tell your friends"

I somehow follow these points since I went online 25 years ago:

https://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Helping.html

#WWW #WorldWideWeb

The very first website is 35 years old today, and you can still visit it at http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/TheProject.html!

"On August 6, 1991, the first website was introduced to the world. [It] contained information about the World Wide Web Project. It launched at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, where it was created by British computer scientist @timbl."

Happy birthday, web!

Via https://www.npr.org/2021/08/06/1025554426/a-look-back-at-the-very-first-website-ever-launched-30-years-later

#TheWeb #internet #WorldWideWeb #FirstWebsite #history #OTD

It's World Wide Web Day! Did you know that August 2026 marks 35 years since the launch of the very first website?

WWW Day celebrates the impact the internet has had on the lives of people all around the world. What is the #Discworld's 'internet' and who were its first hackers?

#DiscworldConvention #GNUSTP #InternationalDay #WorldWideWeb

Der #Tag_des_WorldWideWeb am 01. August ist der #Geburtstag des #Internets. Im März 1989 hatte #Tim_Berners_Lee am #CERN (Europäische Organisation für Kernforschung) die Idee zu dem #öffentlich #zugänglichen #World #Wide #Web... 1990 veröffentlichte er mit #Robert_Cailliau ein Konzept für ein #weltweites #Hypertext_Projekt. Am ersten August wurde der erste #Browser „#WorldWideWeb“ veröffentlicht und kurz darauf die erste Webseite: info.cern.ch
https://welcher-tag-ist-heute.org/gedenktage/tag-des-world-wide-web

#Gedenktag

while i was doing some preservation work on Furcadia, just stumbled upon an incredible mini-memoir of growing up on the internet of the 2000s by mariah eppes:

Notes from an Internet Girlhood
https://archive.org/details/notes-from-an-internet-girlhood/mode/2up

#worldWideWeb #webPreservation #memoirs #furry #furcadia #neopets

The World Wide Web as it used to be lives on in all it's quirky, basic wonder.

#WorldWideWeb #museum

Moist Towelette Online Museum

The World Wide Web as it used to be lives on in all it's quirky, basic wonder

https://moisttowelettemuseum.com/

#WorldWideWeb #museum

Declan Chidlow’s Rundown of Every Console Web Browser
Over on the site vale.rocks Declan Chidlow has written up a complete rundown of every console web browser, and it's certain to spark memories in many of you. Including web browsers in consoles used to be a useful way for a company to distinguish their
https://setsideb.com/declan-chidlows-rundown-of-every-console-web-browser/
#niche #browsers #CDi #DeclanChidlow #microsoft #niche #nintendo #Pippin #sega #sony #ValeRocks #worldwideweb

So... my long term ambitions in the online world are to try and get my new website finished (ADHD brain is crippling me at the moment). When that is done I will slowly start to peel away from the web. The ultimate goal for me is to keep chatting with folks on fedi networks, get more folks connecting through LXMF/LXST via Reticulum, listen to the radio and watch videos still but not be on the world wide web as much. I'm sick of how the corporates have allowed the web to be toxified. I've tried to show people there is a better way but sadly they wish to remain in toxic online spaces. Not much I can do. I need to put myself first now so I can concentrate on putting my life straight. Always leave a door open for people to join me on less toxic spaces but they have to come on their own accord. I want to go outside and "touch grass" more rather than be stuck in front of a fake reality. #socialmedia #worldwideweb #mentalhealth

Happy Birthday, Tim Berners-Lee! 🌐🎂🐧

Thank you for inventing the #WorldWideWeb, #HTML, the #URL system, #HTTP, and the #opensource #dataprivacy initiative #projectsolid. Your innovations have transformed #tech and changed the world.

#CERN #MIT #FOSS #timbernerslee #WWW #softwaredevelopment #LPI #TimBL

[Disclaimer: This post includes an image generated using AI.]

#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of Francis Crick (1916) - noted for being a co-discoverer of the structure of the #DNA molecule in 1953 with James Watson.

Birth Anniversary of Italian mathematician, astronomer and engineer Giovanni Domenico Cassini (1625). He discovered four satellites of the planet Saturn and noted the division of the rings of Saturn.

Happy Birthday Sir Tim Berners-Lee (1955) - known as the inventor of the #WorldWideWeb.

Today is World #OceansDay.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/news

waking up to kiki on the front page of hacker news was equal parts surprising and intimidating.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48348545

while i can't say the threads contained much enlightening discussion, i'm relieved that the nastiness that constituted earlier years of HN posting culture was minimal

#indieWeb #worldwideweb #kiki

This was definitely a productive use of my time...

#WorldWideWeb #NeXTStep