Deserts teach people patience. In the digital desert of Web1, people quietly read pages and closed them, drifting alone as they wandered from link to link. This solitude sparked a new question: What about us? What can we do together? The early 2000s marked a turning point, the beginning of the internet’s second spring. Technology had advanced, connections were faster and the first wave of users wanted more. They no longer wanted to just read in a browser; they wanted to talk, argue and create...

Deserts teach people patience. In the digital desert of Web1, people quietly read pages and closed them, drifting alone as they wandered from link to link. This solitude sparked a new question: What about us? What can we do together? The early 2000s marked a turning point, the beginning of the internet’s second spring. Technology had advanced, connections were faster and the first wave of users wanted more. They no longer wanted to just read in a browser; they wanted to talk, argue and create...