Web 2.0

I believe that if the internet remained in the dot com phase that it was in prior to YouTube and other outlets which allow people to publish user-generated content, it would not be the dominant medium that it is today.  Chat rooms were the 1st step in the evolution and innovation of the internet.  Then came the blogs and the 800 lb. gorilla that we've come to know as YouTube.  The purpose of user-generated content is so that the internet never gets old.  As long as people have p2p networks in which everyone can share content amongst each other, the internet has perhaps infinite ability in its stages of evolution and innovation.  The purpose would not be under-mind because of the new media and Web 2.0. If anything, new media outlets and Web 2.0 and so on is what allows this purpose to thrive and be fulfilled in many different ways.  Web 2.0 is doing much more justice than it is harm to the development of user-generated content.

Sincerely,

Suso