Culture of participation

By Simon van Wyk

Without doubt, Web 2.0 has not only changed what’s on the Web, but how it works. Web 2.0 technologies have transformed the Internet from a publishing platform with simple repositories of information into a network of rich, active, inter-connected spaces.

As Ross Dawson stated in his keynote address at the HotHouse “Diverse Media Future” event last year “The turning point was when simple, free blogging platforms emerged around 2000, enabling people to ignore domain registrations, HTML, and website design, and in minutes post their words and pictures on the Internet for all to see.”