We'd best avoid numbers because they stick and often confuse, and sometimes are for the worse given the ambiguity about how everyone defines Web 1, 2, 3 and the numbers that follow.
That said, here's how we could place the origins of MainCross and yet retain the right to not be numbered and evolve further. Also read Amit's article on MainCross Network CMS and it's place in the digital world.
When the Internet was new, websites were built by coding their appearance and functionalities line by line. These were read-only sites with static information and content, without any interactivity. This is what’s often called Web 1.0.
Then came third-party social networks or social media platforms that provided interactive elements and ushered in a new wave of user-generated content. The Internet became more participative and this came to be known as Web 2.0. Around the same time, website builders took off making it easier to create websites without writing any code. No code website builders enable more people to create their sites and democratized website building.
While providing immense value as it grew, the overwhelmed spread of social network technology – that’s largely owned by corporations – has created walled gardens on the Internet. Online producers and consumers have come to realise the power of algorithms and the misgivings of rent-seeking third-party platforms.
This has been reflected in the growing market desire to own their content and communication channels, wanting to gather contact information of consumers and build email lists for starters.
Some entities have built their own versions of their branded media and community platforms – designing and coding from scratch, spending lots of time, money and effort. But not everyone can do it, and not all such endeavours succeed without the right experience and expertise.
With MainCross Network CMS today, those goals of setting up owned content publishing and community marketing platforms can be achieved instantly and with far superior cost effectiveness.
Professionals and businesses now have top digital class media publishing and networking building technology available at their fingertips to launch and run their own platforms.
MainCross digital network builder thus goes beyond Web 2.0 as it were, and democratizes digital media and social network / community platform technology, putting ownership back in the hands of businesses, professional creators and users.
There are also shared values with what many call Web 3.0 in terms of ensuring network ownership and decentralization across a network of networks, yet MainCross is not build on blockchain platform and currently does not link with any cryptocurrency.
