brownelearning

I’ve always held to Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s view that Web 2.0 is actually “what the Web was supposed to be all along.” In fact, it’s what the web had been for geeks since the mid-90’s. The difference is that now non-geeks have the tools (and the desire) to participate as well.

But there is another difference – one I gleaned from a Slashdot post that I can’t find – one that’s been stewing in my mind for a few weeks, and finally congealed with this review of You Are Not A Gadget, by Jaron Lanier.

If there is anything different between the web is now and how it was pre-2.0, it’s that companies have now successfully monetized the users. Remember, your Facebook page is not Facebook’s product – you are their product. They don’t sell you anything, but they sell your information to their advertisers.

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