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> The Metaverse bet is dumb I see it as an attempt to keep propping up the stock value, I don't even think they believe it themselves
by realusername 4y ago
> The Metaverse bet is dumb
I see it as an attempt to keep propping up the stock value, I don't even think they believe it themselves
- stephc_int13 4y agoWell, if this is a PR op this is the dumbest and more cost-inefficient one you can imagine. We're talking 10B a year. 10 Billions a year.
- realusername 4y agoI has no idea it was this costly, that's crazy ... Yeah maybe I'm wrong and they really seriously bet on this weird project
- marcosdumay 4y agoHow much of that is just relabeled activities that they would do anyway? Relabeling things is almost free, and leads to very high numbers.
- fuckHNtho 4y agoyes, this is the obvious explanation and i dont get why public discussion can't make any progress but insists on throwing out the same "i dont think my mom wants to live inside minecraft yet" weak take every chance it gets. edit: it coincided with fb reporting saturated user numbers
- akomtu 4y agoFB wont be the one to make it happen, but I can see how a "minecraft with stable diffusion" will be all the rage in ten years.
- strix_varius 4y agoThey definitely believe in it. Talk to anyone you know who works at Meta - it's obviously the top thing on Zuck's mind (and that's been clear every Thursday for years now). FRL is getting huge funding in a way it wouldn't if this were just to prop value. (personally, I admire that - FB has pushed VR technology forward a couple of generations, singlehandedly)