<story><title>The Third Web</title><url>https://tante.cc/2021/12/17/the-third-web/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>riffic</author><text>I might have missed it but it&amp;#x27;d be nice if this piece or any other web3 think-piece acknowledged the capabilities of tools such as Indieweb or the federated social web, showing the promise of distribution wholly without blockchains.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Third Web</title><url>https://tante.cc/2021/12/17/the-third-web/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><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></comment>