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title: "Web 2.0 Stereotypes"
date: 2005-09-08
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2005"
    url: "/tag/2005.md"
---

# Web 2.0 Stereotypes

Deja vu, is there a glitch in the Web 2.0 Matrix? [ Phil Pearson has noticed it](https://web.archive.org/web/20051208021132/http://myelin.co.nz/post/2005/9/8/#200509081):

> “OK guys, this is going too far. Not ALL of the following are required for a web 2.0-style application/site:
> 
> – Name that consists of a number and a word. (37signals did it for their company, and 43places did it for their site. That’s enough.)
> 
> – Blatant rip off of font and style from everything from 37signals.
> 
> – Ruby on Rails. (PHP is good enough for Flickr, remember).
> 
> – Yellow background appearing then fading out whenever something changes.
> 
> – Submit buttons that grey out and say “please wait” when you click them.”

What other Web 2.0 stereotypes can you think of? Here are some suggestions to kick it off:

– Tag clouds

– RSS Aggregators with ‘rss’ or ‘feed’ in their name

– Logos with the [same color scheme](https://web.archive.org/web/20051208021132/http://www.techcrunch.com/index.php?paged=2) as Google’s

– Using the word ‘beta’

– Social bookmarking sites that look exactly like del.icio.us

– No one from Google that blogs (thanks [Ben Barren](benbarren.blogspot.com/) for that one!)

Feel free to add your suggestions in the comments…

*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/web_20_stereoty.php))*