Ten answers to the un-answerable question: “what is Web 2.0?”

  1. It’s when you make all the content. And they keep all the revenue. (Thanks!)
  2. It’s when you need to sign up to every site you want to use. And a few that you don’t.
  3. itz wen u can custmize ur prfl with loads of kool css!!!!1 and crash evry vistorz browzer in da procss!!!! LOLZ!!!!!!111
  4. It’s a technology that allows no thought to remain unexpressed. No matter how stupid or grammatically incorrect it may be.
  5. It’s when you make “friends” on every bloody website you visit.
  6. It’s a framework that allows a proactive paradigm shift from a synergy of leveraging the long tail to an immersion-enterprise scheme of next gen usability and AJAX compliancy. And a buzzword.
  7. It’s the platform nerds use to play a game called “Edit Wars”.
  8. It’s a phrase that refers to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services – such as social-networking sites, wikis and folksonomies – which facilitate collaboration and sharing between users [citation needed].
  9. It’s when none of your software is on your hard-drive.
  10. It’s when clouds have tags, not rain.

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17 Responses to “Ten answers to the un-answerable question: “what is Web 2.0?””

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  2. rhiannonrevolts Says:

    Bloody brilliant. Kudos to both.

  3. Jonathan Deamer Says:

    Cheers Rhiannon!

  4. jess Says:

    Its when you have a blue logo on a white page without frames & your url ends with .us. or “r”

    hilarious! thanks for the post

  5. startingtoday Says:

    I’m glad you posted this! I had been seeing a lot about web 2.0, and had no clue what the hell it was…

    Now I’m off to your blogoholic link. I’m sure I qualify as one.

  6. Jonathan Deamer Says:

    Jess: Ah, of course, how could I forget the rid.iculo.us URLs. :-)

    Starting Today: Glad to be of assistance! Many Web 2.0 apps include the things mentioned in the post, but I generally tend to think of its main defining feature as being user-generated content.

  7. msmallwood Says:

    Very funny and so true!

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