<story><title>The Third Web</title><url>https://tante.cc/2021/12/17/the-third-web/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>astoor</author><text>It is incredible how divisive web3 has made people. I don&amp;#x27;t think I recall anything quite like it. I think it is because:&lt;p&gt;1. It is primarily about politics rather than technology. Those in favour of web3 typically come from the right-libertarian camp, often with a strong dislike of government, banks, taxes etc., which those against web3 associate with anti-social ideas such as anti-vax, permissive gun laws, conspiracy theories and the like.&lt;p&gt;2. It is an existential struggle. Those in favour of web3 have a vested interest now and don&amp;#x27;t want to see the value of their coins and tokens fall, while those against web3 don&amp;#x27;t want to see the last vestiges of the free and open web as we know it destroyed by the tokenisation and monetisation of every interaction.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mattdesl</author><text>It is possible to be left-leaning, support regulation + taxes + social structures, and still be in favour of web3&amp;#x2F;crypto.&lt;p&gt;I agree #2 is a common issue, people become &amp;quot;maxis&amp;quot; of one protocol if they over-invest in it, or if they are holding it purely for speculative value.&lt;p&gt;To your last point: many in favour of web3 feel it is more &amp;quot;free&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;open&amp;quot; than advertising or subscription based models that extract tremendous value from creators (Instagram, Spotify, traditional art galleries, etc).</text></comment>
<story><title>The Third Web</title><url>https://tante.cc/2021/12/17/the-third-web/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>astoor</author><text>It is incredible how divisive web3 has made people. I don&amp;#x27;t think I recall anything quite like it. I think it is because:&lt;p&gt;1. It is primarily about politics rather than technology. Those in favour of web3 typically come from the right-libertarian camp, often with a strong dislike of government, banks, taxes etc., which those against web3 associate with anti-social ideas such as anti-vax, permissive gun laws, conspiracy theories and the like.&lt;p&gt;2. It is an existential struggle. Those in favour of web3 have a vested interest now and don&amp;#x27;t want to see the value of their coins and tokens fall, while those against web3 don&amp;#x27;t want to see the last vestiges of the free and open web as we know it destroyed by the tokenisation and monetisation of every interaction.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>volkk</author><text>&amp;gt; while those against web3 don&amp;#x27;t want to see the last vestiges of the free and open web as we know it destroyed by the tokenisation and monetisation of every interaction.&lt;p&gt;i&amp;#x27;m confused here. isn&amp;#x27;t the free and open web that we currently have already destroyed by monetization and data capture of your every click and move?</text></comment>