• @CriticalResist8A
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    52 years ago

    Reminds me of second life in its time, this is nothing new. What’s the metaverse actually? I thought it was something facebook was trying to do after naming their company Meta.

    • @PP44@lemmy.ml
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      52 years ago

      I think it is literally a buzzword to justify taking the attention away from Facebook recent very bad press, and turn it towards the new name and other considerations. And it works. Attention being limited, filling it with something push the other subjects out. Look, here on Lemmy, a rather leftist space, and in my social circles, also pretty left and anticapitalist, hi’ve heard much more about the metaverse than about the recent controversies around Facebook knowingly cutting most employees from sensitive informations about the platform pushing forward radicalization and complotist content. This move is impressive in it’s effectiveness.

      • @Josh_Drake
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        12 years ago

        They’re probably aware of the Facebook controversies but are interested enough in the rebranding to talk about it. No need to overreact.