kevinnn
@neatonk
Is web3 still a useful term? It's not well defined and means different things to different people. I find myself moving towards more specific and self-describing terms like onchain. Do you still use "web3" or do you have other terms you prefer?
2 replies
0 recast
0 reaction
Alex
@alexyao
would love for the standard terms for this industry to move towards concepts like self-ownership, sovereignty, onchain / offchain, transparency, privacy. web3 really doesnt mean anything to me or to anyone (outside of crypto) i say the term to
2 replies
0 recast
0 reaction
kevinnn
@neatonk
Yes! Thank you. I like the examples you chose. I've also noticed that using a fluffy term like web3 introduces some risk, since it is easily coopted and can be made to mean something other than what you intended.
1 reply
0 recast
0 reaction
Alex
@alexyao
https://meaningness.com/geeks-mops-sociopaths returning to this article a lot to help describe what happens in our little niche subculture and what happened when we hit the mainstream in the bull - sociopaths like SBF coopted web3 and language to serve his own needs
0 reply
0 recast
0 reaction