Now is Time to Shape the Next Level of the Web

🎨 Life Above the Web challenge

A Creative Challenge to earn an Overweb micro-credential

What does it mean to live, think, and create in the layer above the webpage—where humans and agents meet?

• Make something original

• Title it “…Above the Web”

• Post it. Tag it. Submit it.

• Use of AI = welcome

• Earn the Overweb’s Creative Expression micro-credential

🎩 Meet Our Most Unlikely Spokesperson

Sir John Falstaff: Knight of the Overweb. Patron of Provenance. Verified Libertine.

“The Meta-layer doth restore what the internet hath long neglected: Presence, provenance, and the public dignity of one’s digital name.”

Resurrected from Shakespearean lore by semantic cascade and poetic accident, Falstaff now speaks for a web of dignity, consent, and context. He’s mischievous, occasionally wise, and—against all odds—a staunch believer in digital co-governance.

📘 Read His Foreword in the White Paper

🤖 Converse with Falstaff

What is the Meta-Layer Initiative?

The Meta-Layer Initiative is a global collaboration to build a connective digital layer—a living infrastructure that bridges isolated technologies, empowers communities, and fosters open innovation. It’s not just a platform—it’s a movement toward a more interoperable and equitable digital future that starts with defining the desirable properties of a Meta-Layer.

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The Desirable Properties of a Meta-Layer

The Use Cases of a Meta-Layer

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When you understand On-Page Presence and Interactions, an entirely new digital world begins to unfold. You can't unsee it. You'll never see web the same.

This is what we're gonna build, together. This will be the largest collaboration of developers & vibe coders on an open source project. Let's give them some direction.

Give us your best ideas. Help shape the next level of the Internet. Contribute to a safer, freer, and fairer digital world. Get a historic Overweb badge.

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Supercharge your Participation with Bridgit & Metta

Whether you’re bursting with ideas or just beginning to explore, Bridgit is your co-creator. This conversational assistant is designed to help you clarify, shape, and share your vision for the Meta-Layer—no expertise required.

Just describe what you're thinking or drop a link or document(s); Bridgit will help you refine it into a powerful submission. Bridgit is here to elevate your voice in 3 simple steps:

1. Start with (rough) idea, link, or docs

2. Generate submission with Bridgit

3. Submit with clarity and confidence

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Metta

Whether you're sparking a new initiative or aligning across networks, Metta is your coordination companion. This conversational assistant helps you activate the Metaweb’s shared layer—where ideas, people, and projects sync in real time.

Bring a link, idea, or document—Metta helps you link it into the Metaweb as a living node of collaboration. Step into coordinated action in 3 simple steps:

• Begin with an idea, link, or signal

• Discover coordination pathways with Metta

• Align and act with others—right above the Web

Get the Book that Started it All

The Metaweb: The Next Level of the Internet

Born from years of research and real-world frustration with siloed digital systems, The Metaweb lays out the vision for a public, contextual, and people-centered layer above the web.

“The notion of a meta-environment above the webpage is directionally interesting… the book presents a creative argument that warrants further discussion.”
— Vint Cerf, Co-Inventor of the Internet

Whether you're building, contributing, or just getting curious—this is the best place to begin. Stay tuned for the digital artifact!

Want to help build the connective tissue of the new internet?

We’re gathering early contributors to help shape the vibe, the tools, and the movement.

No titles. No gatekeeping. Just roles, aligned intention, and a willingness to build.