Web 2.0 was a label for the present web, not a future vision

Evidence

Matthew Allen points out that Web 2.0 was the “principal way in which the then-current web was described rather than being a term which looked towards an as-yet unreached future.” — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 872

Categorization

• DEFINE: Clarifies that Web 2.0 described the current state of the web rather than a forward-looking aspiration.
• CANDY: A one-line conceptual twist: the future-flavored term was actually retrospective.
• XREF: connects to: The term Web 2.0 originated with Darcy DiNucci before the 2004 conference — W. David Marx, Blank Space: A Cultural History of the…, 176; Web 2.0 is as much an ideology as a technology era — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 22

Broader Connections

• The term Web 2.0 originated with Darcy DiNucci before the 2004 conference #qualifies (0.75) — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 176