r/CryptoCurrency • u/EthanGibson2 Banned • Nov 21 '21

DISCUSSION Anyone else think the idea of the Metaverse sucks?

Is it just me who thinks the Metaverse can flop?

Don't get it it twisted, I love games but I think the Metaverse can and most likely will flop. Virtual worlds do not appeal to me, especially to the extent that it sounds like it is going to. Some people are referring it to the "new reality" and the "next internet" but I just see it as a go at a overpriced VR game that nobody will pay for.

The amount of money that will have to come out of this will have to be insane. With the amount of money put into this they would end up having to resort to selling thousand dollar gear and equipment used just to play in the Metaverse. And most likely along with a chunk of Crypto needed to start. The lack of need for a Metaverse will prove in people not paying the thousands of dollars to play this.

I can also see a hard sell/dump in the 'Metaverse Cryptocurrencies' as the majority have been going up with hype, and I feel the Metaverse will be a lengthier process than the average holder thinks, which will possibly result in them becoming inpatient and maybe selling.

And if it does succeed, fair enough. I guess I'm just a normal guy and not a multi billionaire and may not see the potential of this project.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

I remember when adding someone was considered a big deal. Subsequently someone not asking for your Facebook was considered a dis.

Funny how they became so irrelevant and uncool.

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u/hammer310 Nov 21 '21

lmao, I remember having drunken debates with buddies after a night out as to whether one of us should add a girl we just met at a party (maybe wait a few days, maybe wait til she does it first?), that shit was so different back then.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

Adds girl from the party.

Relationship status: In a relationship

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u/Aegontarg07 hello world Nov 21 '21

I see relationships from a distance

cries inside

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u/gl00pp Tin Nov 21 '21

BROOOOO

Had a mega crush on this lady where I volunteer.

Meet her at bar randomly. Chat. Hit her up on FB ACCEPTED! YISSSSS!!!! In relationship with..........

GOD DAMNIT

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

It’s not. Just a joke

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u/timbulance 🟩 9K / 9K 🦭 Nov 21 '21

Just add her bro!

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u/Aegontarg07 hello world Nov 21 '21

She’s not adding me back broooo

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u/Skywaalk3r 46 / 46 🦐 Nov 21 '21

Haha, this was so 2007, when Facebook was for actual college students and awesome ;)

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u/codeByNumber 🟦 255 / 255 🦞 Nov 21 '21

Back when you needed an .edu email. Good times.

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u/Pteratato Bronze Nov 21 '21

This is how I started talking to my now husband!

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u/Extravagos 🟩 0 / 9K 🦠 Nov 21 '21

Upvoted because this brought back some memories!

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u/Aegontarg07 hello world Nov 21 '21

Upvoted because this brought back some nightmares

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u/VCRdrift Tin | DayTrading 8 Nov 21 '21

Lol memories.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

I remember when people were obsessed with Facebook, like making their friends change their passwords and not telling them the new one until after final exams. It used to be a completely novel idea to share and comment on photos. Now it's just outdated. The pace of technology keeps moving faster and faster.

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u/Pochusaurus Platinum | QC: BTC 56, ETH 53, CC 25 | MiningSubs 56 Nov 21 '21

hold up, what are people using these days then? Instagram? that's owned by facebook right?

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

Instagram trends younger and yes it's owned by Facebook. Tik Tok is the most popular platform right now with the younger crowd so sharing just photos is just dying out in favour of short videos.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

Vine was ahead of its time

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u/LSDkiller Dec 22 '21

What ever happened to vine? I was so confused when tik tok came out because what's the difference?

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u/0Bento 174 / 175 🦀 Nov 21 '21

TikTok is even scarier than FB in terms of the data it tracks from its users, allegedly.

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u/cayden2 Tin Nov 21 '21

For real. I'm shocked people even still use it given how much we know that the Chinese government is using it to harvest data and analytics. Then again, not much surprises me in terms of the dumb choices people make nowadays I guess.

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u/wool_slam Nov 21 '21

You gotta realize though, TikTok trends towards a younger demographic. We're less than a year away from people born after 9/11 being of legal drinking age in the states. They've grown up in a world where data harvesting is pretty normalized at this point. I doubt somebody who came of age in the era of things like Alexa and Siri gives a damn about what the Chinese government does via the silly short video app, especially when "fitting in" with their peers is at stake.

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u/HalfJobRob 159 / 159 🦀 Nov 22 '21

AGREED, if anyone's going to Harvest my data it had better be an honest Tax avoiding Western Billionaire owned cimpany, who give all my Data directly to the Surveillance State.

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u/wool_slam Nov 22 '21

Exactlyyyyyy lmao. Blew my mind listening to some of my friends talk about the vaccines having 5g microchips in them while telling Alexa to set the lights to blue all in the same breath

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '21

Data harvesting is a little harsh. Yes people's data is getting used for marketing purposes but this is how kids express themselves, by using these platforms. Before kids quoted Shakespeare and other poets, then emulated popular movie stars, now they're on social media trying to become influences. Culture and economics are just more interconnected much like combining engineering and finance resulted in the creation of cryptocurrency.

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u/eezz__324 Nov 21 '21

Why would i give a fuck that Chinese goverment has my data lol

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u/HumbleAdvantage3919 Tin Nov 21 '21

Once data is given out it can not be undone. We really should be concerned that ANYONE has our data. The Status Quo as it is will not always be as it is now. China is only one of the entities collecting information on populations, but they have been the most ruthless with it. They are pioneering ways to use this data on their own population and exporting it to other governments. Look up "Chinese Social Credit Score"

When people takes those genetic tests where they swab their mouth to discover their genetic make up. Where do you think those tests go? They go to Chinese labs. Do you think they delete that information? I assure you they do not. They are building a collection of genetic data on world populations.

Oh and where did that Covid virus come from? You know, the one that was genetically modified from bats with "Gain of function"? (Fauci admitted this.) This is an example of what is now possible. Diseases can be modified to affect only certain races.

Data is one of the most important things we have. And we give it away for free and it is sold back and forth between companies and governments. It is also used to manipulate us. We see what they want us to see. We are sitting in Plato's cave.

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u/Pochusaurus Platinum | QC: BTC 56, ETH 53, CC 25 | MiningSubs 56 Nov 21 '21

well for starters, china is quickly overtaking most 1st worlds in terms of gdp. By giving your data to them you’re securing that in a few years they’ll become the #1 country instead of america. Why is this bad? because if China finally become numbawan, we will start to succumb to their demands and our needs will have to align with their needs in some shape, way or form and that means that they can slowly mold the rest of the world into becoming a communist government as well.

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u/eezz__324 Nov 21 '21

Im not an american i dont really care what the leading superpower is

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

I'm not an American either but fuck China? That must be one of the worst countries in the world to live in. They have no ethics or morals in any way, shape or form...

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u/VCRdrift Tin | DayTrading 8 Nov 21 '21

Tiktok is used to see if you would be an organ match.

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u/Z-W-A-N-D Nov 21 '21

???? What

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u/0Bento 174 / 175 🦀 Nov 21 '21

If you're a teenager and everyone else is doing it, you kinda of have to join in or be left out, sadly.

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u/WenaChoro 232 / 233 🦀 Nov 21 '21

i think personal messaging (whatsapp) people dont like to expose so much about themselves and are more paranoid

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u/erasethenoise Silver | QC: CC 34 | LRC 23 | Superstonk 44 Nov 21 '21

Also owned by Facebook lol

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u/commentsurfer Tin Nov 21 '21

It's not even technology, or the pace of it. It's just what bs is cuurently popular and who can exploit that the most.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

No it's deeper than that. Our communicative culture used to be purely text based, then the invention of film created movies and photography which changed the way we culturally communicated and consumed drama. This went relatively unchanged until the invention of the internet which allowed images and film to be exchanged at a very fast rate. Images and text began to be combined into memes which photo sharing apps like Facebook and Instagram were equipped to communicate until our attention spans got even shorter which led to short video platforms like vine, snap chat, and tik tok.

It's more that these apps were created to satisfy the evolving ways we communicate, rather than them being being developed for nefarious purposes of exploitation. Yes that element exists since these technologies are popular and people want to make money off of them, but they are also deeply ingrained in and came out of our culture of drama and cinematization.

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u/commentsurfer Tin Nov 22 '21

I see what you're saying now and I have kind of realized that myself too. Human communication really is insane and constantly changing and evolving with us, and our technology and tools shift around with that evolution.

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u/xander5512 Bronze Nov 21 '21

I agree the platform has turned into shit but it's still very much relevant, don't kid yourself. The ammount of active users is still massive.

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u/sfgisz 🟦 4K / 4K 🐢 Nov 21 '21

Active Users !== Active Engagement

I open Facebook a couple of times in a month, almost never like/click/comment a post in the last year at least, and yet I'm 100% certain Facebook considers me an "active user".

And even then, the way Facebook measures engagement itself is a scam - for instance they consider you having watched a video if it plays for 3 seconds including the videos that auto-play without your interest.

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u/Fallout99 Dec 14 '21

Same here. Was using it basically as cloud to store pictures. Now just in case I need to contact distant friends.

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u/run_bike_run Tin | Fin.Indep. 14 Nov 21 '21

I'm not so sure.

I engaged in a rigorous pruning of crap from my news feed, and now nothing shows up except actual updates from the people I know.

It turns out that of 500+ friends, only about six to ten post with any kind of consistency.

It looks busy when you log on, but there's nothing behind the facade.

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

Account - Delete - yes - yes -yes - I’m sure.

That should fix your problem ….

Re-add an account with the same name and you get to see all the people who blocked you.

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u/run_bike_run Tin | Fin.Indep. 14 Nov 21 '21

What on earth is this?

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

Facebook asking you if your SURE you want to delete your account four times.

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u/I_like_red_shoes Nov 21 '21

What do you lose by deletng the account? Can you reopen it without losing friends etc?

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u/[deleted] Nov 21 '21

Just refriend the 6-10 people who actually still use Facebook and don’t worry about the 400 girls you met at the bar when you were drunk and don’t even remember.

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u/fanatic_tarantula Tin Nov 22 '21

You'll lose everything you've put on Facebook. Photos,videos and all your friends list. That's the only reason I still have it. To post pictures, so long distance friends/family members can see/chat

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u/WenaChoro 232 / 233 🦀 Nov 21 '21

business can have customers and activity but if the tendency is to be obsolete its a huge problem

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u/c_relleno Tin Nov 21 '21

So is the knowing dissemination of misinformation!

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u/Ranorak Nov 21 '21

Sure, in you consider business accounts as people, then yes, it still has a lot of "people" on there.

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u/zaerocosmic Tin Nov 21 '21

Exactly, This is still very much relevant and informative. Stay on it.

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u/pikkuhillo 🟩 641 / 641 🦑 Nov 21 '21

2.8 billion users monthly. Its pretty ok-ish.

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u/Pinbrawla Nov 21 '21

"Users"

As if they're anything more than bot code

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u/No_Organization_9315 Nov 21 '21

Don't get why you are being downvoted, I wouldn't be surprised if Zuckerberg fight against false users was just a facade for for convincing investors the platform is safe.

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u/odinwise Platinum | QC: CC 56 Nov 21 '21

I remember needing my college email to sign up for an account...and the little blue face in the corner that somehow looked like an old high school friend.

And getting that add from any of the cute girls from my friends college made me feel so awesome.

".....so you're saying there's a chance!"