THE VIDEO SHELF · web 2.0
Web 2.0 ... The Machine is Us/ing Us
Michael Wesch's five-minute video about Web 2.0, showing how the read/write web, XML and user-generated content change how people create and share information.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited as a classic, compact explanation of the read/write web and open data, invoked in threads on the semantic web and open APIs.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Michael Wesch
- Topic
- web 2.0
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
Excerpts from the recorded comments. Follow each source for the full comment and surrounding discussion.
Just going to leave this gem of a video[0] here. Whilst I agree the web has been walled gardened into various silos like social media, and people think Facebook and Twitter are the Internet, it's still read/write. The blogosphere is still ticking along nicely and …
vmoore on Hacker News · 2022-09
In The sum of all knowledge and the sorry state of the webLong live the dream of the semantic web. For visual learners there’s a great YouTube video explaining the semantic web here: [VIDEO]
lysergia on Hacker News · 2022-08
In The semantic web is dead – Long live the semantic web
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.