DPI-665Politics of the Internet

“What is Web 2.0”

February 6, 2012

Micah L. Sifry

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Building on abundance

• Bottom-up

• Accept all, filter afterwards

• Let the crowd add value

Origin of the term Web 2.0

• Tim O’Reilly, O’Reilly media and open source advocate

• John Battelle, Industry Standard publisher, author “The Search”

Emergence

• How complex systems emerge from simple behaviors

Aspects of Web 2.0

• Web services not web sites

• Dynamic not static

• The service automatically gets better the more people use it

• Harness collective intelligence

• Open architecture means others can build on your platform

Google Maps platform

Craigslist data

HousingMaps.com mashup

Users contribute value

Delicious bookmark sharing

Flickr photo-sharing

Web 1.0 vs 2.0