Digital Common Sense

Thanks to the Head Lemur, in his post today, Web 2.0 the Naked Truth, all your questions have been answered. This is the seminal work on Web 2.0 and anything beyond this adds fluff and filler.

Web 2.0 is about dialogue. That’s it, the litmus test, the final answer, the naked truth.

At any given moment you can google for Web 2.0 and the number of answers and references you receive will probably make your brain explode. A little history is in order. Web 1.0 was all about monologue. Monologue is a single voice. From start to finish Web 1.0 presents us with a singular point of view.

Web 2.0 is about dialogue. It is binary as we have the ability to not only present our point of view but to receive commentary and criticism on those views. This is the heart of Web 2.0. The primary enabling technology for Web 2.0 are Weblogs, or blog’s.

Blogs are Web sites that present writings and or images that can be publicly commented upon. This is Web 2.0. If you do not have the ability to comment wherever you go, you are on a Web 1.0 site. That’s it, the litmus test, the final answer, the naked truth.

You’ll read talk here and there, but you won’t find more value. There is no more clarity than this. Take the information in this distilled form for what it is — all you need to know. What’s said beyond this is simply metaflogging, aka astroturfing, and will not add value to the bottom line. And I personally will try to not speak of it again.

Filed by Ken at 2:07 pm under Technology