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7 Visions Of Social Networking’s Future: Is This Web 3.0?

thefutureofsocial.com — Considering that there are now kids in college who don ’t remember a time before the Internet, we can only imagine what will be possible in just a few short years. Here is a list of scenarios and technologies that will shape the Internet’s future. Some are already available and a few we’d like to look forward to in the near future:

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Twizlex, on 07/02/2008, -0/+133.0? This is like Windows Vista all over again!
megadan76, on 07/02/2008, -1/+8Can we think of a better name than Web 3.0?

I'm thinking something like... "Web Y3K."
- BOFH2, on 07/02/2008, -0/+2Maybe, The Internet. I know it is not catchy and someone in marketing is going to say "what the hell am I going to do with that?" but I so tired with people trying to make people salivate over something that is already there and established. Maybe I need a nap.
- Karmavs, on 07/03/2008, -0/+4Skipping 2997 version numbers does not make a better name.
dougvfr750, on 07/02/2008, -1/+12All I can say is the poor kids in the future aren't going to be able to get away with anything
- phazyme, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1I know you're making a snarky dig at how easy it will be for parents to keep an eye on their kids and i'm laughing in agreement, but i'm gonna throw in some dissent. Our old dinosaur brains think that having a GPS of exactly where your children are will make it impossible for kids to get into shennanigans, because I'm imagining how if I grew up with that level of surveillance, I probably wouldnt be innovative enough to get around it.
  
  But kids will be kids. They want to have fun and take risks. They'll just be much more innovative and imaginative than their parents ever could be and will find ways to break the rules.
  
  In the past I'd tell mom i'd be at scott's house and scott would tell his mom he'd be at my house. Kids of the future will just GPSspoof their phones to fake out momsy and dadsy when they gotta go have fun.
brwright, on 07/03/2008, -1/+5There is no web 2.0, or 1.0 for that matter.
- sockpuppets, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3There is no spoon.
- KillsTheWeak, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0The whole versioning everything under the sun trend is getting irritating.
- edwartica, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1The cake is a lie.
creativetfh, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3it's down already
- sockpuppets, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2Web 3.0™ - Powered By Wordpress.
brandonchicago, on 07/03/2008, -2/+6Web 3.0!!!!!!!

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- spookycheddar, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2i dont know, that sounds pretty complicated...
Falldog, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5I hope every site that refers to something as Web 3.0 goes down as well.
CCB0x45, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3This site is an artistic piece... web 3.0 is internal server errors, forcing you to go outside and be social.
elstevo, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3the "semantic web" has already cornered the term web 3.0... maybe this is web 3.1 for workgroups?
- zwaldowski, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2No, that's old and outdated. This is Web NT, which will stay around in some for or another forever despite people hating it.
Heavypettingzoo, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5web 3.0? STFU.
OgonGuitarist, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2FTA:

5. Online Elections

"...if done properly, there would be less errors and it would be more secure."

And when Web 3.0 rolls along, we'll be longing for the days when we could vote securely with Diebold voting machines.
- edwartica, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1Ugg, the day they make me vote using a computer is the day I stop voting! Vote by mail FTW!
xc00lxkidx, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2so web 3.0 is internal server errors? i wonder what we can expect from web 4.04....
- NotOptium, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Hackers that can TURN YOUR COMPUTER INTO A BOMB!
  - edwartica, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1Wat till they get to web 7.0. That will turn us into the planet of the Apes.
TripKore, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2I guess meeting people in real life is over.
- lebrad, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2thank god.
tnoy, on 07/03/2008, -2/+8FOR THE LOVE OF GOD DON'T ***** START CALLING THINGS WEB 3.0

Thank you.

Signed,
Everyone who does not sheepishly follow pointless marketing terms.
- desertDenizen, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1I'll grant that Web 2.0 is a marketing term... in the same way that calling 14th-17th century Europe "The Renaissance" is a fiction. That is to say, not terribly specific or accurate, but nevertheless identifying that something special was going on, and useful when discussing cultural epochs, trends, and paradigmatic shifts.
  
  (Since this is such a hot-button for so many people, a request: Please don't digg this down without leaving a thoughtful response as to why you disagree. Too many knee-jerk votes reveal more reflexive bias than actual thinking here, IMO.)
  - TaylorSmythe, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2I dugg you down, for caring how many diggs you get. Digg's full of trolls like me, you're never going to get a fair digg count.
  - desertDenizen, on 07/04/2008, -1/+1@Taylor: Perhaps you didn' t read carefully or I didn't articulate it well, but you precisely miss the point. I could care less about the count, I'm interested in the rationale. You have actually provided a good answer. Thanks.
  - edwartica, on 07/07/2008, -0/+1But something special WAS going on in 14th-17th century Europe! Ummm, lets see. Martin Luther's reformation, Columbus discovering the new world (for Europe), a loss of power of the Catholic church - and thus free thought was more accepted and less likely to end in a torture session.
backin5minutes, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1how doe this have so many diggs its down so fast?.....
Clark, on 07/03/2008, -0/+2Only been popular for 15 minutes before it went down?

Time to get a new host...,
NotOptium, on 07/03/2008, -1/+2I wish I could bury this article more than once.
devinmurphy, on 07/03/2008, -4/+1If web 3.0 is nothing but "server down" pages. I'll stick to my trusty 2.0 thank you very much.

I'll wait to adapt till web 6.9 AMIRITE!?
menwuur, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1Sites down ::stares at snorg tees girl::
Clark, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1"2. Iphone and geography tracking
The days of tell your parent that you are going to the movies when you are really going to a party are over. Not only can your parents track your geographic location, but just about everyone else can too. The days of getting lost when following someone in a vehicle are over."

What does the iPhone have to do with that? Why didn't the writer spell it correctly?
blademanx, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Well, the site itself is down, but we can tell from the picture that web 3.0 is going to be almost entirely in Japanese. Interesting.
josho, on 07/03/2008, -0/+3this is a stupid, stupid list. this is a stupid site. this is a stupid ploy for attention. this is stupid. move along.
mikefrehner, on 07/03/2008, -1/+2Not too long ago, receiving news depended upon your daily newspaper and your dose of magazines and TV. If you had an opinion to share with the rest of the community, you would rarely get the opportunity, unless of course, you were part of the media elite or a revered critic in your own right. For the less influential though, projecting their take on an issue was a distant dream. The established media had its own notions about letting the common man have his say – carefully guarded procedures and a wary control over public opinion meant that an outsider rarely made a mark on the literary scene.

Well, the Internet changed all that. The marked media-shift has been born of nothing less than sustained efforts to change the way the world shares news. It’s no more the sole prerogative of a choice few; information now flows instantaneously across the globe. The age of the Web 2.0 has finally arrived and is here to stay. You, the layman, can now not only write on topics close to your heart, but can be heard and judged an expert if you have adequate following. Sites from Wikipedia and Slashdot to even Google count on the web savvy to become authoritative sources on a given subject.

The question that many people are asking themselves is: “Where is technology headed?”

Considering that there are now kids in college who don’t remember a time before the Internet, we can only imagine what will be possible in just a few short years.

Here is a list of scenarios and technologies that will shape the Internet’s future. Some are already available and a few we’d like to look forward to in the near future:
1. Niche Clubs

While Myspace and Facebook may have introduced the world to social networking, it is evolving quickly. There is new web-based software coming out (such as channelme.tv) that can turn just about any blog into a social networking site. So, if you want to talk about cats all day, you can have a million other cat lovers on your blog talking about them with you.
2. Iphone and geography tracking

The days of tell your parent that you are going to the movies when you are really going to a party are over. Not only can your parents track your geographic location, but just about everyone else can too. The days of getting lost when following someone in a vehicle are over.
3. Streaming Live Video

Want to be the star of your own show? Now you can! And, it is incredibly easy to do. Sites like www.ustream.tv allow anyone with a $20 webcam to host their own show. In the past, if you missed your favorite television show, you pretty much had to depend on your friends to inform you of what happened. Not anymore! In fact, many shows now stream new episodes at the same time, or very quickly after the show has aired. Why live your life according to someone’s schedule, when you can watch your favorite shows where you want, when you want? This philosophy is applied to movies as well. Netflix, Apple TV and Vudu all offer movies streamed right to your computer.
4. Social Lending

Need a personal loan? You used to have to go to the bank, fill out a stack of paperwork, have to prove how worthy you were and then spend a week waiting to see if you were approved. Now, getting a personal loan is easier than ever. Peer to Peer Lenders like Lending Club can get you a 25K personal loan funded by individuals across the USA. You still have to fill out personal information, but the stacks of paperwork that we were all accustomed to are now ancient history. While there are still some people who are little apprehensive about applying online for loans, security features are updated constantly, making it safer everyday to share information online.
5. Online Elections

While this idea hasn’t quite caught on yet, just think of the possibilities. If we can do everything from purchasing movie tickets to paying our bills online, why can’t we vote online as well? Not only would there be a larger number of people voting, but if done properly, there would be less errors and it would be more secure.
6. Mobile Profiles

With GPS, WiFI and iphone like devices it isnt hard to imagine one day walking into a bar and being able to scroll through the profiles of everyone who comes within certain proximity to you. While this may sound like something out of Minority Report, this just might be our reality in the near future.
7. Universal Connectivity

If you are like me, trying to keep track of all of your usernames and passwords can be extremely difficult. Especially trying to remember what sites required a capital letter and symbol in the password, along with at least one number. On top of the rules for the actual password, you are warned not to use birthday, address, your dog’s name or anything else that will help you remember your password. You have also been warned not to use the same username and password at more then one site. How can anyone keep up? In the near future you won’t have to. Sites such as www.openid.com are coming close to safely allowing users to only need one username and one password for everything. These accounts will link all of your various networks in one place. This is welcome news to people all over the world, who have trouble remembering birthdays, let alone what username goes with what password.

Hold on tight because the future is here! Technology is progressing quickly. Make sure you are on board for the ride.
mag7, on 07/03/2008, -0/+0Talking about OpenID: "allowing users to only need one username and one password for everything"

Yeah right. Mr. Hacker, would you take my house too, please? Take it now and I'll give you my credit card number. The car too? Yeah ok, but anyway it's the same key as the house's one.
JamesZB, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1I'm still on the original firmware: web
jonwheatley, on 07/03/2008, -1/+3All of the stuff mentioned in this article is web 2.0.
mihnea007, on 07/03/2008, -2/+1WEB 3.0 is only about aggregating the personal information WEB 2.0 gathered about you
Thefatheroftime, on 07/03/2008, -0/+36. Mobile Profiles
With GPS, WiFI and iphone like devices it isnt hard to imagine one day walking into a bar and being able to scroll through the profiles of everyone who comes within certain proximity to you.

Hey, how cool is that! That way, I can quickly rule out the religious nuts and rightwing douchebags easily.
cadmiumpaint, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Unless we can abandon ***** 3 column layouts and by that i mean ALL 3 column layouts, the internet will never evolve.

Time to move on to treating web pages like interfaces instead of newspaper layouts.
Ellipsys, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Does all of this "social networking, web 2.0" movement stuff bother anyone else? It seems to be a synonym for "I'm going to put my real information, as much of it as possible, up for everyone to view. " When I first "got into" technology, programming, and the internet - the ability to mask/alter your identity was a part, if not the majority of the allure. Its painfully easy to stalk and gather information on others with just the resources we have now and the information people volunteer online - I don't really want it to be any easier. Worlds of information and anonymous interaction were available, with the assurance that your online personal would be separate from your real life one.Lets go down the list here...

1. Okay... this doesn't seem much beyond embedding youtube videos in your blog.
2. I don't see how this could be useful. I can't imagine ever wanting to give my location to everyone I know, or even a large enough select group of people to put up a webpage about it. The only way I could ever see using this was for a 5 minute span of time in the event that I was trying to meet someone at a certain location and we were both lost. Surely not enough for "social networking".
3. I don't see this so much as a new concept, as just an extension of the existing streaming video movement. I guess I don't want people to always know what I'm watching on TV - that's a passive action, so I don't see much use for a social network here.
4. I bet a couple of guys named Bubba and Gino will be happy to "Socially lend" you some capital. Ebay and Paypal are already hotbeds of scammers. I can't wait to see what our friends in southeast asia and the former soviet bloc will do with this kind of thing.
5. Somehow I think "Properly" would have to entail such an enormous breach of privacy (ie. biometrics, other vital information) that it wouldn't be worthwhile. At least, in this country that is how it would occur.
6. Not a reality I'd like, thank you. See above about stalking. Wait for the first technically able individual who manages to grep enough information to find out the girl at the bar is not only 18, but her Wal-Mart Valu-Net Purchasing History reveals six boxes of yeast infection treatments and Aldara, a prescription for genital warts!
7. Distributed is always safer. ALWAYS. I've spent a lot of time with the bad guys, and I've spent time with the good guys. The truth of the matter is, in this game, the bad guys are typically one step ahead. When there's a vulnerability, they'll have access to your bank account and your fursuit supplier, as well as your employer's VPN! Maybe they'll be kind enough to order 100 foxy fox fur suits to your place of business, on the company card! Is it really so hard to remember a few strong passwords and use at least a handful of nicks for different things?

I guess I grew up at a time when anonymity was something to be valued, but I'm aware that today's younger (I'm 24, for reference) generation has different feelings about the situation. Then again, I know that the "SxeChik441@hotmail.com" address they put on their resume is the same user ID as their myspace page, so I can always decide to hire them based on the presence of lack or bonghit and flashing pics available.
brainscab, on 07/03/2008, -0/+5in the year TWOTHOUSANDDDDDDDDD!!!!
trollick, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1I just downloaded and installed Web 3.0. It's a resource hog and it is nothing more than Web 2.0 plus eye candy. I went back to Web 2.0, there is no reason to switch.
michaelgurbisz, on 07/03/2008, -1/+0All of this 3.0 nonsense is nothing more than that - NONSENSE. Can't our Marketing Guru's develop a better tag than that. "the future-web" "web 3.blow"
Also, is it just me or is web 2.0 seemingly limited to social upgrades and integration?
pedepy, on 07/03/2008, -1/+1i thought buzzup.com was the new web 3.0

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Aquilla, on 07/03/2008, -0/+1Agreed, this is all web 2.0 stuff. I think Web 3.0 is actually about machines interacting with data, rather than just acting as a display, or allowing user interaction only. Content creation, image manipulation, etc... intersting stuff. We're coming closer and closer to this but there's still a pretty long way to go.

Besides a lot of people have a lot of different views on what web 3.0 actually is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_3.0

For example Tim Berners-Lee said:

“ People keep asking what Web 3.0 is., I think maybe when you've got an overlay of scalable vector graphics - everything rippling and folding and looking misty - on Web 2.0 and access to a semantic Web integrated across a huge space of data, you'll have access to an unbelievable data resource."

And others disagree with him totally. It's all theory...but it's important to dream, have a vision, and create something interesting to work towards.
spony99, on 07/04/2008, -0/+1havent all of these things already occurred
jsinkeywest, on 07/08/2008, -0/+1Yep thats a rap
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