Joseph Cox
The complete and utter failure of the metaverse is a reminder [...] that quite often these oligarchs quite simply cannot relate to real people, don’t know how or why people use their products, and very often have no idea what they’re doing https://www.404media.co/rip-metaverse-an-80-billion-dumpster-fire-nobody-wanted/
RIP Metaverse, an $80 Billion Dumpster Fire Nobody Wanted

Who could have possibly predicted this, besides everyone?

404 Media
Mar 19 at 5:47pmWeb
Show thread🐕Mar 19
@josephcox would only disagree with your use of qualifiers there, to me this is exhibit 4,644,588,832,356 of: "we're all winging it, all of the time".
Show threadViolet MadderMar 19

@josephcox

Wish somebody would give me $80 billion to toss around on a whim.

Landscape rehabilitation. Beaver releases with teams installing culvert guards. Peer respites. Repair cafes. Fireproof superadobe homes. Strike funds. Whims like this.

Show threadGhostOnTheHalfShellMar 20

@josephcox

$80 billionaires thrown into goggle shaped incinerators