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The metaverse goes against consumer trends in web browsing. People want to consume their information on the go while doing other things, this is why mobile pres
by scoopertrooper 5y ago
The metaverse goes against consumer trends in web browsing. People want to consume their information on the go while doing other things, this is why mobile presently dominates the web.
Who wants to context switch from reality into a virtual world just so they can see what the new Ford pickup looks like? Nobody, thats who.
This whole concept reads to make like a Facebook exec went into a coma just as Second Life was taking off and woke up recently demanding that Facebook cease on what they believe will clearly be the future of online interaction.
- a9h74j 5y agoI thought of a remark a day or two ago, but I have no idea, other than your remark, whether it applies at all: "Does Zuck have Second Life second-system syndrome?"
- theelous3 5y agoOfc. Nobody thinks he's cool in this world, so he'll just spam "new worlds" until somebody thinks he's cool in one of them.
- bsenftner 5y agoCan you imagine being Zuck? Super rich for basically creating the global gossip exchange and fraud factory, and he knows this, he knows Facebook is a clusterfuck of misinformation chaos. And he probably knows he is surrounded by yes people... I wonder if he knows he is in a nightmare.
- spacelamb 5y agoI don't think it's a nightmare because he has choice and a fair amount of power. He could quietly retire comfortably if he wanted to, but instead he's making the play to reorient his company around a virtual-reality space. That sounds like a motivated person, versus someone trapped and going through the motions.
- theelous3 5y agoIt's not always so obvious when you are trapped. How can we say he is acting truly freely, versus digging deeper?
- a9h74j 5y agoPlot twist: Someone talked Zuck into VR as a step in playing some deep power-of-suggestion trick on him, as in the movie Inception. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1375666/
- tialaramex 5y agoOT: The word you probably wanted was "seize" not "cease" although they do sound similar in many dialects of English.
- scoopertrooper 5y agoThank you for pointing that out :)
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