An Argument for Web5.0

I wrote an article arguing that Web1.0, 2.0 and Web3 are all incorrect and inaccurate ways to categorize the web's history. Originally I was just going to write a post about how I didn't like the term Web3 but after reading about Web1.0 and 2.0 I don't like those either. It feels way too high level and ignores that the Internet has undergone many huge changes

I really think the history of the web should be divided into 5 main eras with us currently in the 5th era. I ended up writing a whole article about it but in short I really think we should use the terms WebX.0 to better list how the internet has changed since it's origins in ARPANET.

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BarrierWithAshes, 2 months ago

So currently,

Web1.0 - 1989 to 2004. - Anything prior is ignored.
Web2.0 - 2004 to present. - Covering literally everything.
Web3.0 - 2014 to present. - Covering just crypto. (not officially recognized by 1.0/2.0 supporters)

And I think it should be like this,

Web1.0 = ARPANET, Unix, PDP Computers, Time-Sharing
Web2.0 = BBS, Usenet, Mailing Lists, Dial-Up, XBAND
Web3.0 = Flash, Myspace, HTML/CSS, phpBB, LAN-Parties
Web4.0 = Webapps, JavaScript, HTML5, Dynamic Sites, Chromium
Web5.0 = AI, Crypto/NFTs, Fediverse, Platform Decay, XaaS

And the timeframes would then be this:

Web1.0 = 1969 - 1980 - Birth of ARPANET to birth of Usenet.
Web2.0 = 1980 - 1993 - Birth of Usenet to the Eternal September.
Web3.0 = 1993 - 2008 - Eternal September to birth of Chromium, end of GeoCities and the 2008 economic crash.
Web4.0 = 2008 - 2020 - Chromium, GeoCities and the 2008 economic crash to the COVID-19 pandemic and big tech hires.
Web5.0 = 2020 - present - The COVID-19 pandemic to where we find ourselves now.

Anyone have any comments? Only thing I couldn't fit anywhere was the Internet of Things. That's not really something that peaked in any era.

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