I have seen zero data on the presumed interest or need for #Metaverse for users! Yet, some governments (the EU) intergovernmental institutions (ITU) and companies (#telcos, #Meta) want us to believe this is the next big thing. Also, can any one of them, please define Metaverse?
@kkomaitis Btw, this article is probably at least part of an answer to your question, I think.
https://doctorow.medium.com/metaverse-means-pivot-to-video-adbe09319038
“Metaverse” means “pivot to video” - Cory Doctorow - Medium

In 2003, a 19-year-old Harvard undergrad named Mark Zuckerberg had an idea: he’d create a website for Harvard students to nonconsensually rate the fuckability of their classmates. He called it…

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