Web 2.0 was about collective intelligence.

2025-04-28 · Bits and Bobs 4/28/25

Web 2.0 was about collective intelligence.
- It was built out of the desperation after the Web 1.0 bubble burst.
- A collective energy to build something together.
- Web 2.0 came out of many technologists not having jobs and banding together.
- That drive to community creation doesn't happen in the gold rush era.

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