This is the year that the Fediverse overtakes the Metaverse.

That's right.

According to GlobalData, 2023 is going to be a "Metaverse winter" and a "Fediverse spring".

https://www.itweb.co.za/content/rW1xLv5nPd47Rk6m

‘Fediverse' predicted to overtake metaverse in 2023

Despite being a hot topic in tech, the metaverse has not lived up to its hype, from a return-on-investment perspective.

ITWeb

It's stunning how VCs and Big Social simply didn't see the Fediverse coming.

They put so much money into VR and crypto -- all pumping this tech up as the "next big thing".

Little did they know that web standards, open protocols, and decentralization would make a breakthrough -- yet again.

@atomicpoet There has to be some degree of empathy to understand, folks want to enjoy a sense of community and not just buy things or sell attention. Of course Big Social and VCs missed it