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Re:I’ve seen the metaverse – and I don’t want it by gruturo on Friday January 28, 2022 @06:50PM (#30122145)
> So far every metaverse project I've seen has zero idea what they are going for. I don't even get Facebook's concept.

Neither did 99% of those who jumped on this World Wide Web thing about 20-25 years ago, and yet it turned out to be a big deal after all.

Not saying this is clearly headed in the same direction, and I couldn't think of a worse steward than Facebook, but there's a chance this will also be a big deal so people (and companies) are staking claims, associating themselves with it and hyping things up. It sounds like a load of bullshit, but hey, I've been wrong before. On the other hand, I have been wrong about being wrong before, too.

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Re:I’ve seen the metaverse – and I don’t want it by zepto on Friday January 28, 2022 @11:28PM (#30123795)
> Neither did 99% of those who jumped on this World Wide Web thing about 20-25 years ago

Since when was this true? As I remember it there were many strong and obviously articulated visions of what the web could be.

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