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# Our (maybe) Metaverse Delusion
- URL: https://birchtree.me/blog/our-maybe-metaverse-delusion/
- Published: 2022-08-12T15:00:11.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-12T15:00:11.000Z
- Author: Matt Birchler
- Tags: Links, #Import 2023-06-01 22:41, #Import 2025-03-29 19:29

[John Gruber on Meta:](https://daringfireball.net/2022/08/is%5Fapp%5Ftracking%5Ftransparency%5Factually%5Fdoing%5Fanything?ref=birchtree.me)

> I take Zuckerberg at face value that he’s more or less betting the company on “the metaverse”. But to me their efforts on that front feel less like “*We know exactly what experiences we’re trying to create that will be more compelling than anything that exists today and will generate explosive decade-long worldwide growth, especially with young people*” and more like a “*We don’t have any other big ideas*” shot in the dark.

I tend to agree here. The company's commitment to "the metaverse" as their future gets a real big raised eyebrow from me. Maybe they'll surprise me, but a part of me thinks ~~Facebook's~~ Meta's vision of the metaverse is just another fantasy we had for a moment during Covid, and which no longer seems appealing. See also Clubhouse, spending thousands on ape JPGs, etc.

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