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====== The Web Revival ====== | ====== The Web Revival ====== | ||
- | The Web Revival | + | Directory of Community Web Revival [[manifestos|Manifestos]] |
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+ | The Web Revival is one name for a wider internet-based movement! The name itself is derived | ||
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+ | The Web Revival is about reclaiming the technology in our lives and asking what we really want from the tools we use, and the digital experiences we share. The Web Revival often references the early Internet, but it's not about recreating a bygone web; the Web Revival is about reviving the spirit of openness and fresh excitement that surrounded the Web in its earliest days. | ||
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+ | The Web Revival is not one single movement, but a loose collection of ideas and groups that fall under many names, such as: | ||
Some other names related to the Web Revival: | Some other names related to the Web Revival: | ||
- | * Old Web - This name also evokes the spirit of the early web, it's favoured by sites that focus on older technology and styles, for example The Old Net. | + | * **Wild |
- | * Web 1.0 Movement | + | * **Net Positive** |
- | * Smol/Small Web - This name is often favoured by minimalist sites such as [[m15o|m15o]]’s Status.Cafe | + | |
- | * [[Neocities|Neocities]] - A brand name for the web hosting company and community that houses many web revival sites! | + | * **Indie / Open Web** - Professional independently-run sites with a focus on free and open source code - [[https:// |
- | * [[https://indieweb.org|Indieweb]] - A separate web collective, mainly with professional web developers, it is less related to the web revival. | + | * **Old / Retro / Web 1.0** - Retro enthusiast sites focused on supporting and using old hardware - [[http://theoldnet.com/|The Old Net]] |
- | * [[Yesterweb|Yesterweb]] - A brand name for the former yesterweb forum and community | + | * **Garden / Poetic Web** - Sites focused on reflection, gathering thoughts and obscurity - [[https:// |
- | * Digital gardening - A separate web movement, focused on personal knowledge management, public learning | + | * **Neocities** |
+ | * … and many others! | ||
===== What ties it all together? ===== | ===== What ties it all together? ===== | ||
Web Revival enthusiasts come from all walks of life, however most share a few things in common: | Web Revival enthusiasts come from all walks of life, however most share a few things in common: | ||
- | * Creativity | + | * Creativity |
- | * The Web is Friendly | + | * The Internet |
- | * Non Social-Media | + | * Corporations are Boring |
- | * Right to Repair - They value the freedom to control their own data and understand the tools they use. | + | * The Web is Friendly - All feel that the Web should be friendly and supportive; caring is a radical act |
- | * Money is not the goal - They dislike the corporate webs obsession with monetisation, | + | * Right to Repair - They value the freedom to make, break and repair their stuff - tinkering |
- | * One World-Wide-Web - They value the ideals of free shared information | + | * One World Wide Web - They want free open knowledge |
- | * Messy things are OK - Things don't need to be perfect, we want our web lives to be fun ones not flawless ones. | + | * Chaotic Effort |
- | * No to Crypto | + | * No to Web3 - To most, cryptocurrencies, NFTs, unfairly trained AIs and buzzword tech are unwelcome and uncool |
- | These ideals are expressed by creating websites, homepages, zines, | + | These ideals are expressed by creating websites, zines, |
- | ---- | + | Web Revivalists will often choose to use alternative technology and software in their lives, or to modify and remix the technology they find around them. Reusing obsolete things (like older digital cameras, mp3 players, site builders etc.), can be a form of environmental, |
- | ==== Sources ==== | + | The goal is to find what was best about the early web and what is best about new technologies and merge the two into a model for tomorrow; while kicking all the Zuckerberg' |
- | Melon' | + | The Web Revival is about building a sense of mystery, humour, humility and optimism in technology. The Web Revival above all else values action; we avoid perfectionism because it limits action |
- | Maggie Appleton' | + | * See [[Manifestos|Manifestos]] of the Web Revival - A list of personal essays by Web Revivalists! |
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+ | ===== History | ||
+ | The phrase "web revival" | ||
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+ | Prior to that terms such as " | ||
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+ | In 2021 due to the popularity of the Discord group, the term " | ||
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+ | Web Revival was one suggestion that came about during that discussion; it was initially a play on the "Folk Revival" | ||
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+ | Initially, it was not a widely popular term; however, it was fully adopted by MelonLand in late 2021 and was further promoted in articles such as "What Is The Web Revival" | ||
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+ | ==== Sources ==== | ||
- | Mike Caulfield' | + | * Melon' |
+ | * Maggie Appleton' | ||
+ | * Mike Caulfield' | ||
+ | * [[https:// | ||
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