The person you responded to is a bit of a skeptic. They wrote "i don't think it's going anywhere"

Not a native speaker, but I read that as it is here to stay, not that it is pointless.

Yes, that's quite an interesting little quirk of linguistics. It could mean 2 complete opposites: that either Web3 will be successful, or that it will be unsuccessful. Maybe it'll *get off the ground", or maybe not. Maybe it won't "go anywhere," who knows!