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by Dan42 1092 days ago
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Web 1.0 was one-to-many publishing, the direct translation to the web of existing pre-web business models. Thus "1.0", the first iteration based on known/previous models.

Web 2.0 was many-to-many publishing, user-generated-content, stuff that wasn't possible or even conceivable prior to the web. Thus "2.0", the second iteration based on characteristics unique/native to the web.

Honestly, people need to stop redefining those terms.

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Many to many publishing existed before the Internet. It doesn't even need computers.