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Re:The metaverse is bullshit by justapassenger on Saturday October 30, 2021 @10:12AM (#29048918)
And that’s why text based games dominated the world and no one is playing 3D games?
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Re:The metaverse is bullshit by MisterTea on Saturday October 30, 2021 @11:16AM (#29049436)
How did you conflate communication between people with entertainment?
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Re:The metaverse is bullshit by ncallaway on Saturday October 30, 2021 @11:53AM (#29049751)
> Once upon a time Amazon was a company that only sold books. Dried ink on dead trees. And in the early internet age this book seller outperformed many more "forward looking visionary" startups.

> Billions and billions spent on making movies as polished as possible, yet "I thought the book was better" is what we always hear.

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Re:The metaverse is bullshit by Dangeranger on Saturday October 30, 2021 @10:45AM (#29049166)
Communication and entertainment are fundamentally different things.
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Re:The metaverse is bullshit by Applejinx on Saturday October 30, 2021 @11:39AM (#29049632)
Twitter is a text based game, in a way.
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Re:The metaverse is bullshit by CRConrad on Monday November 01, 2021 @05:18PM (#29073245)
No, lots more people want to drown out their thoughts than think any. What else is new?
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