The webvolution: 5 viral videos that explain the evolution of the internet

We say things like the “evolution of the internet,” or as I like to call it, the webvolution. But in reality, the internet doesn’t change by itself—it’s built. And the reason developers keep iterating and evolving web technology over time is because there are constantly problems to be solved. If you want to know exactly how Web3 or the decentralized internet is looking to change the game again, you can read about that here. 

For now, we’re here for lolz and a bird’s eye view of the web’s journey through viral videos that explain the evolution of the internet.

It’s candy mountain

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Throwing it way back to OG YouTube and one of the oldest viral videos, the very dawn of Web1 saw skepticism. Much like Charlie’s attitude toward Candy Mountain. But then, once we were deep into what the web could do, realizing the amount of fun and games we could have on Candy Mountain online…we woke up to find it had stolen our kidneys.

Breakfast is not ready

Link to watch video here

Web1 was called the static web. It was pretty much read only. So, once your dial-up had connected, you thought your internet breakfast was ready. And Web1 thought it was pretty cool getting your breakfast ready…until people realized they wanted to interact with the internet and the static web was as good as spilled milk.

It can fit in the square hole…

Link to watch video here

By the time Web2 came along, everyone was happy. We use it every day now and it can do all kinds of things that Web1 could never do. The only problem is that everything you want to do has to go through some centralized company like Google or Amazon. Like, everything goes in a centralized “square hole,” if you will, however upsetting that may be.

Telling lies?

Link to watch video here

The webvolution continued and when people found out that huge monopolistic corporations not only own all the internet infrastructure, they also own all the data on the internet (including your personal data), they were upset to say the least. So, as one does, we went and asked the big tech companies whether they are being evil. Idk, are they telling lies? Ha, ha, ha!

Shake what we’ve got

Link to watch video here

And now, Web3 is on its way. Some people are skeptical of whether it will solve the centralization problems we currently have with Web2. But, I mean…that’s the whole point, isn’t it? To try to solve the centralization problems? It may not be high and tight yet, it may not be exactly what we evision, but for now, we work with what we’ve got and let Web3 shake its thang.

Conclusion

In a nutshell, the evolution of the internet has been a balancing act between a wild west that creates incredible technologies, (meme videos), and services that have literally changed the world, and keeping ourselves from the precipice of a dystopia in which the internet owns us. What do you think? Will Web3 bring the webvolution pendulum back to the side of the people?