Web 2.0 was framed as a revolution distinct from the dotcom Web
Evidence
The tool that makes this possible is the World Wide Web … not even the overhyped dotcom Web of the late 1990s. The new Web is a very different thing. It’s a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter. Silicon Valley consultants call it Web 2.0, as if it were a new version of some old software. But it’s really a revolution. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 50
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines Web 2.0 against the earlier dotcom Web — the foundational ‘user-generated content revolution’ framing the whole field reacts to.
- XREF: This is the canonical Time ‘Person of the Year: You’ framing that status-update scholars and critics (like Morozov, Lovink) repeatedly attack — connects to media studies critiques of techno-utopianism. — connects to: Web 2.0 succeeded by reviving techno-utopian ideals while promising new wealth — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 150; Web 2.0 revived tech optimism after the dot-com crash dismantled it — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 54; Web 2.0 emerged as a deliberate rebranding strategy after the dot-com bust. — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 146 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Web 2.0 emerged as a deliberate rebranding strategy after the dot-com bust.
#expands(0.80) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 146 - Web 2.0 succeeded by reviving techno-utopian ideals while promising new wealth
#expands(0.78) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 150 - Web 2.0 revived tech optimism after the dot-com crash dismantled it
#corroborates(0.72) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 54 - The Web 2.0 hype cycle promised social revolution and immense wealth.
#expands(0.70) — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update, 727