Another very good explainer on why 'web3' is something you should stay the hell away from
Although I disagree with the ending that Yesterweb's suggested solution of harkening back to Web 1.0.
People use Web 2.0 services for a reason - not everyone wants to program their own web page.
@dzuk What I hope to see is more of a blend--Giving people the tools to make themselves an online space without going full Computer.
Stuff more like Tumblr and MySpace, but more.
Another, unrelated misstep that web 2 introduced was this siloing into gardens at the expense of interoperable standard media.
Those are two features of web 1 that the future does need. It's not just nostalgia. (BTW, I've been pretty happy with RSS/Atom as a solution for both these issues.)
I get, and agree with, that we want accessible publishing. That's great thing.
@Sandra I disagree with the idea that JS is something that should be avoided; static sites are hard to make; HTML and CSS are a mess and hard to debug.
I resort to JS technologies in my own work not because I want to implement trackers and nuisances, but just so the process of development is actually bearable and easy to debug.
@Sandra I think interoperability would be cool, but I think the open source people who make these are their own worst enemies and are frequently creating undesirable and unfriendly systems.
I would like to believe that could change but in my almost 20 years of being online I have not seen that to be the case.
JavaScript is an accessibilty and security obstacle that we need to employ sparingly. Last week I finally went tinfoil enough to install a JavaScript blocker. Most frustrating thing about doing that is the feeling that I should've done it s long time ago because it's pretty great.
Portable doggie solutions
@dzuk @Sandra i think a lot of the stigma around js would fall away if most bigger devs actually used it with some remorse - less trackers, and more optimization of their codebase so you dont get facebook-esque infiniloading experiences. a few examples like that from bigger platforms can sour your opinion for a technology overall
I get that Web 1.0 has a special place in the hearts of many people but it's not a realistic model for the future and it's not that desirable.