Web 2.0
If you are sympathetic to work of Julian Assange, stop and think: am I at risk of becoming a Fellow Traveller?
Many participants in a 21st Century, web-based community such as The Punch are likely to be too young to know what a Fellow Traveller is.
I’ll get to the political concept in a minute, but the key point is that Julian Assange is one, as are the multitude of “hactivists” fighting his battle at the moment.
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I can’t remember a time when the decimal point was more popular. Apart from the usual uses in maths, finance and software, we’ve now got things like Web 2.0, PR 2.0 and even Participation 2.0.
I clearly remember the first time I heard the term Web 2.0. I was shocked and confused. “But I’m just doing Web. What the hell is Web 2.0 and how did I miss Web 1.0?” I thought. Likewise when I heard that PR 2.0 was the real deal when I was still fumbling around with plain old PR.
Sometimes I wonder when the 3.0s will arrive and who will decide when they do? And in 10 years, will I be doing PR 8.0?
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