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Does anyone think that the Fediverse would make a much better next phase for the web then all of this Metaverse bull? (lemm.ee)
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I'd much rather see sites like Lemmy, PeerTube, and Mastodon see widespread adoption then the dystopian cyberpunk fever dream in the head of Zuckerburg. Did you not read the novel dude? It's a freaking warning! That's like Jeff Bezos reading Fahrenheit 451 and going "holy crap dude, gotta make that a reality like, yesterday!" I want the Fediverse, not the Metaverse! Thank you for coming to my TedTalk.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, the Fediverse is actually awesome. It's decentralized, there's so many open-source implementations, etc etc. The Fediverse is what Zuckerberg wishes the Metaverse could be.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I respectfully disagree.

Zuck wants the metaverse to be what they show in the Ready Player One movie, which is not even close to what the fediverse is trying to be in any way.

He wants everyone to live in a virtual world that he alone controls.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I agree (also respectfully), just wanted to add, as I have seen the movie yesterday (and know the book), that the Oasis in Ready Player One is a not really a bad place. So the original OASIS is not what Meta want to have.

IOI (and Meta) want to transform an OASIS into their dystopian metaverse, like shown in the movie when IOI proudly presented their plans: a company's dream of monetarizing every breath you take while exploiting everyone except their shareholders.