I was on Second Life for a while around 2005(-ish) and back then it was a very colorful world striving with potential ... no idea what went wrong there, but back then it felt like "everything" is possible on there. From people who "worked" there for Linden Dollars, over not that bad arcade flight sims, relaxing Japanese Gardens to disturbing fetish outlets ...
Re:Metabook
by iasondemiros on Thursday November 04, 2021 @09:43AM
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I have read this a few years ago and found it very interesting and very touching: https://www.wired.com/2017/02/first-they-got-sick-then-they-...
The thing Facebook brings, regardless of what you think of their technical prowess, is a network. I don't know yet how they'll get devices on people's faces, but if Facebook has anything it's access to a massive userbase. That's arguably more important than any tech.