Understanding Web5: Your Guide to the Decentralized Web
Evolution of the Web
The way by which people interact with digital content is very different in each of the phases of web evolution.
Web1.0 — also known as the Static Web started in the early 1990s. When web 1.0 was in the fold, it involved static HTML pages with very little interactivity — users were not participating on a large scale; they could only engage passively by viewing content but interacted less. Older platforms like Geocities and directory services such as Yahoo! are key examples of the web 1.0 era which offered very simple websites with basic navigation.
Web 2.0 — also called the Social Web was introduced 2004; propelled the concept of consumer-generated content and interactive websites with social media sites such as Facebook, YouTube & Twitter as the pioneers. This time heralded a move toward an ownership-driven digital culture that valued personal creation and online socializing with the advent of new models for human connection, sharing information, or collaborating on creative projects.
