Wired is currently running a story about the cracks in Web 2.0 starting to show. It mostly involves the quality of the content. Take wikipedia for example. While it has many good parts, it also has its share of fake entries and inaccurate data.
The cycle is so predictable, it’s almost a natural law: Every new internet movement popular enough to generate buzz also generates a backlash.
This time, the debate revolves around the cracks that are starting to appear in Web 2.0, a term coined by O’Reilly Media Vice President Dale Dougherty to describe a post-dot-com generation of sites and services that use the web as a platform — things like Flickr, BitTorrent, tagging and RSS syndication.
The conclusion is not as simple as it seems. If we are witnessing Web 2.0 right now, we might as well wait for Web 2.5. Once fully “patched” and more mature, the system will have addressed these issues and the resulting experience can only be better.
October 27th, 2005 | Editor's Choice, Technology
[...] Another thing that’s been on the rise this year is what some call, Web 2.0. Basically, it modifies the Internet by making it more interactive. Services such as Digg, del.icio.us and all the blogs floating around the internet are what usually is comprised in Web 2.0. The content is more and more made by the users and it can be consulted, enhanced, modified or become the base for the interaction between users. While this trend shows some good promises, there is still plenty of room for improvement. I think it’s currently ovrehyped and will suffer from a backlash soon. [...]
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