IS Blog

This is my Infocomm studies blog, and this is my first post on it. I learnt about Web 2.0 and Web 1.0 and their differences in the first lesson. Web 1.0 is a platform where only one person can edit the webpage and it is not real-time. Web 2.0 allows multiple users to edit the webpage, and the changes are also real-time. It allows for many interactive and user friendly forums and websites such as www.sgforums.com or www.stomp.sg and also allowed for schools to create their own webpages and portals for students to access. Moreover, Web 1.0 only allowed a few people who had the money and talent to create such webpages. Web 2.0, however, allowed anyone and everyone to create their own personal pages on hosting sites such as www.ning.com or www.wikispaces.com and blogging sites such as www.wordpress.com or the one I am using now, www.blogger.com.

There are many different ways one can use Web 2.0, but with the benfits of it also comes the dangers. On Web 1.0, the system was filtered and not everyone was allowed to create a webpage. On Web 2.0, however, the internet was just another get-rich-quick scheme. A lot of people have exploited the Internet and released scams and viruses across it. Even more people have used it for activities that may cause mental harm to one such as cyber-bullying and cyberstalking. A lot of the information on the internet is sometimes uncensored and is the wrong type of information (like how to create explosives and how to cheat in exams etc).

That is why one should be equipped with the right skills and common sense before one uses Web 2.0 for informational purposes.