dweb
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dweb is an abbreviation for distributed web or decentralized web, an umbrella term for a broad variety of approaches & communities working on distributed & decentralized solutions for the web & internet in general, the IndieWeb specifically, as well as a prefix for the DWeb Summit conference (and #dwebsummit hashtag) which has had IndieWeb sessions.
Criticism
Vulnerable to abuse
The term "dweb" and expansions "decentralized web" or "distributed web" are all plumbing-centric (as opposed to user/human-centric) and are thus more vulnerable to abuse, distortion, squatting by amoral or unethical projects, or outright conmen or conspiracies.
2019-12 A Google Search for "dweb" on mobile results in a top result with a snippet for dwebs.io which re-purposes much of the terminologies and visual designs of "dweb" related / self-identifying projects, but from a weird pseudo-libertarian / altright conspiracy theory (mention of "deep state") perspective:
Mobile Safari and Firefox Google search results from 2019-12-19 and 2019-12-20 respectively:
See Also
- Decentralized Web Summit
- dweb camp
- Criticism: https://tantek.com/2019/353/t1/tech-plumbing-framing-dweb-problematic (tweet copy https://twitter.com/t/status/1207736600806866944)
- "I have repeatedly expressed to peers working on #IndieWeb #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #FederatedSocialWeb that tech/plumbing-centric framing of #dweb "Decentralized Web" "Distributed Web" is heavily problematic. Beyond MastoGab, there is now something much worse (not linking). I’ll follow up with a longer blog post (it’s been in my drafts for a while), explaining why, how we got here, and maybe some ways for how can we replace use of "Decentralized Web" or "Distributed Web" with something human-centric instead.
For a start, re-read Mozilla’s Manifesto and Principles:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/about/manifesto/" @Tantek Çelik December 19, 2019
- "I have repeatedly expressed to peers working on #IndieWeb #SocialWeb #SocialMedia #FederatedSocialWeb that tech/plumbing-centric framing of #dweb "Decentralized Web" "Distributed Web" is heavily problematic. Beyond MastoGab, there is now something much worse (not linking). I’ll follow up with a longer blog post (it’s been in my drafts for a while), explaining why, how we got here, and maybe some ways for how can we replace use of "Decentralized Web" or "Distributed Web" with something human-centric instead.