Aaron Parecki

Have you checked out @aaronpk's website?

http://aaronparecki.com

He told us all about on our OAuth episode.

http://changelog.fm/456

It's an #IndieWeb showcase. Definitely worth a 👀

web 1.0: free information for all
web 2.0: user-generated content
web 3.0: 🤑🤑🤑 FUCK THE EARTH GET RICH QUICK 💸💸💸

Web3 is a jargon term anyway, just like Web 2.0 was. It’s not a protocol. I can say we are on Web 1, 2, 3 or 25. Crypto people are just using the term Web3 in order to stamp their authority on the internet.

what's actually going on in the "web 3" thread is dreaming up new ways to get people to rent stuff but pretending that they own it

it's kind of a new spin on the "sharing economy", where we pretend people own their labour but actually big platform companies do

"we will redistribute power by inventing new property rights that you buy with fake internet money" is definitely a sensible proposal

so for folks who think there isn't "any real use case beyond speculation," the reason to get on board is that "fortunes are being made"?

I was thinking that earlier today - I've seen plenty of technology come and go, and there are boosters and there are skeptics, but I can't remember anything before where one side said it was the future of everything and the other side saw it as an absolutely value-less grift

In my career so far, I cannot think of any tech that is 10% as polarizing as blockchain/cryptocurrency/NFT. So much investment and activity. So many doubters (me included.) This rift feels like a big deal.