Extrude Ragu Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 On 8/19/2021 at 7:19 PM, Gayngel said: Hmm yes, just what I always wanted to do whilst I'm at home. Pretend I'm at work! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramen Jedburgh Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 On 8/19/2021 at 1:40 PM, asteriddle said: did see a funny tweet that the idea of the 'metaverse' popular among aforementioned NFT-loving types is just 'normie''s SL The problem is, it isn't. They see it the way they see something like all NFTs. It's just another "investment" scam that they can hopefully make money off of int he long run. They have no actual interest in the metaverse, just in trying to scam others by selling the scam NFT "things" they massively overpaid for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollymews Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 I am Meta! No! I am Meta. Nuuu! We all Meta some random person way down the back: I am Meta! everybody looks and sees the Facebook guy wearing a Meta facemask. And go: hmmm! Facebook guy goes ohhh! come on guys, I wanna play too! everybody goes: oh! ok then Meta facemask guy goes. thanks! and hey! umm! Don't suppose somebody can give me like 10,000 guns and ammo so I can level up! everybody goes: dang newbie!. Welcome to the metaverse bey! 😸 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Redstar Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 i saw the preview video and Im like wtf.... a cartoon with legless bodies. it looks like it is geared to 12 year olds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmi Zehetbauer Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 22 minutes ago, Jackson Redstar said: i saw the preview video and Im like wtf.... a cartoon with legless bodies. it looks like it is geared to 12 year olds! Freakbook is very clueless on the metaverse thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bree Giffen Posted October 28, 2021 Share Posted October 28, 2021 Facebook just changed it's name to Meta. They're going all-in on the metaverse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finite Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Bree Giffen said: Facebook just changed it's name to Meta. They're going all-in on the metaverse. I wonder if they'll have their own virtual currency and if Tilia will process credits for them xD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee Pancake Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 5 hours ago, Finite said: I wonder if they'll have their own virtual currency and if Tilia will process credits for them xD. They have the money, devs and legal to clone Tilia over a lazy afternoon. Probably name it something equally vague like MetaCash .. such a good name, and only treads on the toes of some random no one cares altcoin. It's almost like you already know what a company named MetaCash would do, just from the name .. I bet they would have an app too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prokofy Neva Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 7 hours ago, Bree Giffen said: Facebook just changed it's name to Meta. They're going all-in on the metaverse. I thought they changed it to Facebook Connect looking at registration of corporate logos that people were finding on Twitter. But now it says the new name is Meta. But I think they may have self-demonopolized into faux separate companies before the feds do that to them. So like Google with its "Alphabet," they probably have a parent company and spinoffs and who knows what. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Nova Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Just remember folks: Mind over Meta. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mollymews Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 13 minutes ago, Prokofy Neva said: But I think they may have self-demonopolized into faux separate companies before the feds do that to them. So like Google with its "Alphabet," they probably have a parent company and spinoffs and who knows what. this makes a lot sense. Better to reorganise yourself than have it done to you by the regulators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson Redstar Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 are they gonna have ZuckPolice in different color uniforms that will act as the thought police and 'fact checkers' as well? Scan your chat and IMs to see if you are expressing WrongThink and send in the BrownShirt bots to throw you in jail for a time out? Will Meta Citizens identified as 'Wrong Thinkers" Be forced to wear a Gold star on their outfits? Will random bots show up delivering a bunch of ads? Everything you search for on the internet will ads start appearing for that everywhere in your Meta world now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee Pancake Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Jackson Redstar said: Will Meta Citizens identified as 'Wrong Thinkers" Be forced to wear a Gold star on their outfits? You really need to rethink your choice of analogy here. Getting fact checked is in no way comparable to the holocaust. Edited October 29, 2021 by Coffee Pancake 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Heartsong Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Meta? He's calling the holding company Meta? "Only a handful of people know the name, closely guarded secret, blah blah blah" (from news a week ago). SMH. 🤣 My team (senior UX) had a meeting a week ago and two of us guessed Meta and even wrote it on a MIRO board we're using for odds and ends. A pig in lipstick is still a pig. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Vanderbor Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) So, I started Second Life back in 2007/08 when it was really popular. I've been out for a long time but I keep my eye on it, just to see if Linden Labs have fixed the things that made it pretty much fail beyond what it is now. They've done a lot, but the foundation of Second Life is still creeky. Many people complain that Zuck and others are ignoring Second Life. Believe me when I say this, Zuck KNOWS about Second life. He's probably had an Avatar and played around with it. IF he thought Second life could be adapted for what he wants he would of brought a boatload of cash and bought it a LONG time ago. He hasn't. Ask yourself WHY? Because when Zuck did his due diligence (Cory probably told him all he needed to know)...and it wouldn't surprise me if at some point Facebook came and did a deep dive into the back end that they discovered: 1. The code base is old and a MESS 2. It doesn't Scale and CAN'T without completely re-writing the foundation code from scratch SL was about 20 years too early. The tech and cloud computing wasn't really at the point that they could realistically scale. Getting around that to even get a passable product required a LOT of band-aids, hacks and custom glue. All that crap is still there, you can't get rid of it cause it's like pulling a jengo piece out. I'd LOVE to see Second Life become what Zuck wants, but it's not happening. Oh, and I loath Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. Edited October 29, 2021 by Doug Vanderbor 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burper Tilling Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 (edited) One wonders what Virgin Media thinks about the new Meta logo. One also wonders if there are any existing organisations named Meta who might be a less than happy. Edited October 29, 2021 by Burper Tilling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qie Niangao Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 29 minutes ago, Burper Tilling said: One wonders what Virgin Media thinks about the new Meta logo. That new logo is more subtle than that; it's not merely an infinity symbol, but also a (very) stylized "M" so I think they'd have no trademark issues (unless somebody else has already done that same thing). The re-org pretty clearly lets Zuck skirt Congressional appearances as Facebook CEO now that he can appoint a designated punching bag to that very well compensated position, while retaining majority voting share control for himself. All the "metaverse" chatter sounds like mere chaff, but the fact they're changing their ticker symbol to MVRS suggests they mean to keep up the charade for a while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmi Zehetbauer Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 2 hours ago, Doug Vanderbor said: I'd LOVE to see Second Life become what Zuck wants, but it's not happening. Oh, and I loath Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg. You mean you want Linden Lab to remove legs from all the avatars? 🤣 Just sayin'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tailpa Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arielle Popstar Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Burper Tilling said: One wonders what Virgin Media thinks about the new Meta logo. One also wonders if there are any existing organisations named Meta who might be a less than happy. There are and have been a number of Opensim grids and organizations over the years that have used the name metaverse in part or full in their names starting I think with the originator of the Hypergrid function (Diva Canto) which many Opensim residents consider to be an essential aspect of virtual worlds to be defined as a "Metaverse". Diva has a blog and download section for Opensimulator servers on her site called the Metaverse Ink since 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Bliss Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 You can watch Facebook Connect on YouTube if you don't want to view it on Facebook. It's interesting to get a better idea of what their intent is for the metaverse: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Psaltery Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 The 'Meta' name has caused some hilarity amongst Hebrew speakers as it sounds like a word of theirs meaning 'dead'. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-59090067 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond Marchant Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Remember how in 1981, IBM made personal computers business-worthy? How did that work out for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tailpa Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 4 minutes ago, diamond Marchant said: Remember how in 1981, IBM made personal computers business-worthy? How did that work out for them? Hmmmm. or I guess it depends on whether you want to be black and white or color. Whether you want to grow and play or "make dough" (you cannot eat the cake, it is a lie.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burper Tilling Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 4 hours ago, Qie Niangao said: That new logo is more subtle than that; it's not merely an infinity symbol, but also a (very) stylized "M" so I think they'd have no trademark issues (unless somebody else has already done that same thing). The re-org pretty clearly lets Zuck skirt Congressional appearances as Facebook CEO now that he can appoint a designated punching bag to that very well compensated position, while retaining majority voting share control for himself. All the "metaverse" chatter sounds like mere chaff, but the fact they're changing their ticker symbol to MVRS suggests they mean to keep up the charade for a while. If it's an 'M' then MacDonalds might have something to say too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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