This term became popular around 2004 as a way of referring to the web as a more interactive medium. Prior to that time publishing websites was rather involved and therefore remained rather constant, rarely changing. But as publishing tools made it easier to place content on the web, such as blogs, and encouraged people to interact with the content, through comments and forums, the nature of the internet began to change. The term Web 2.0 was intended to reflect that change from just a read content web to a read and then write back web.
Social integration was becoming popular on the internet. People could interact with their favorite blogs by publishing comments to the posts. Then the commenters could comment to one another's comments. Social interaction was taking place in very public ways on the internet. Communities began to emerge around these site.
So Web 2.0 refers to internet activity that supports community and social interaction through the web. It is a growing lifestyle among the young people as they share their ideas, media, and other content over the web, building extensive social connections and relationships with people they may never know in the physical world.
Wikipedia Link: Web 2.0
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