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It's marketing/douchebaggery and demonstrates a lack of creativity. "Web 2.0" was coined by a dude trying to sell more books.

uggedal 17y ago
It was coined by a dude trying to sell more conference tickets.
- fallentimes 17y ago
  The guy sells books and conference tickets :).
  - uggedal 17y ago
    "Web 2.0" was coined when it was given as a name to a conference.
    - fallentimes 17y ago
      Yeah but the whole O'Reilly empire sells books, conferences, webinars, etc. all bearing the Web 2.0 scarlet letter: http://search.oreilly.com/?q=web+2.0&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 http://search.oreilly.com/?q=web+2.0&submit.x=0&subm...
brandnewlow 17y ago
And it worked, right? Instead of complaining about the way the world works, perhaps it's more rewarding to exploit it and become better at framing your work in a way that fits with how the average Joe sees the world. People reading this should instead take note that Farhad is pushing a web 2.5 theory and therefore might be more receptive to pitches that fit his outlook. His job is to filter out all the noise to present a semi-coherent view of the tech scene to upper-to-middle class consumers. Concepts like web 2.5 are his way of guiding the reader through a world they're probably only visiting.
- fallentimes 17y ago
  I'm not complaing, just making fun of :). It probably worked in terms of sales. But unfortunately it has the unintended consequences of all these people trying to coin unnecessary gobbledygook words when simple English will suffice. Now sometimes reading a newspaper article feels like sitting through a business school class. IMHO if anything making up terms and introducing more jargon just makes communication harder. >Many of the basics are now essentially free, which means a business built on the infrastructure laid down by the first two generations of Web companies can gain scale on a shoestring budget, all while giving away its products and services for free. Call it Web 2.5. Or in other words, things have become cheaper and it's easier to start a web company. Call it technology. Also, this has been true for much longer than the author acknowledges. He's trying to a fit a company into his cookie cutter view of the internet while coining an unnecessary word. Your perspective seems to have more to due with pitching him than the merits of the article.
- fnid 17y ago
  perhaps it's more rewarding to exploit it This feels evil. Exploitation. It's a lie. It's wrong. That's the problem with it.

uggedal 17y ago

It was coined by a dude trying to sell more conference tickets.

fallentimes 17y ago
The guy sells books and conference tickets :).
- uggedal 17y ago
  "Web 2.0" was coined when it was given as a name to a conference.
  - fallentimes 17y ago
    Yeah but the whole O'Reilly empire sells books, conferences, webinars, etc. all bearing the Web 2.0 scarlet letter: http://search.oreilly.com/?q=web+2.0&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 http://search.oreilly.com/?q=web+2.0&submit.x=0&subm...

brandnewlow 17y ago

And it worked, right? Instead of complaining about the way the world works, perhaps it's more rewarding to exploit it and become better at framing your work in a way that fits with how the average Joe sees the world. People reading this should instead take note that Farhad is pushing a web 2.5 theory and therefore might be more receptive to pitches that fit his outlook. His job is to filter out all the noise to present a semi-coherent view of the tech scene to upper-to-middle class consumers. Concepts like web 2.5 are his way of guiding the reader through a world they're probably only visiting.

fallentimes 17y ago
I'm not complaing, just making fun of :). It probably worked in terms of sales. But unfortunately it has the unintended consequences of all these people trying to coin unnecessary gobbledygook words when simple English will suffice. Now sometimes reading a newspaper article feels like sitting through a business school class. IMHO if anything making up terms and introducing more jargon just makes communication harder. >Many of the basics are now essentially free, which means a business built on the infrastructure laid down by the first two generations of Web companies can gain scale on a shoestring budget, all while giving away its products and services for free. Call it Web 2.5. Or in other words, things have become cheaper and it's easier to start a web company. Call it technology. Also, this has been true for much longer than the author acknowledges. He's trying to a fit a company into his cookie cutter view of the internet while coining an unnecessary word. Your perspective seems to have more to due with pitching him than the merits of the article.
fnid 17y ago
perhaps it's more rewarding to exploit it This feels evil. Exploitation. It's a lie. It's wrong. That's the problem with it.