[Spivak]

I do think FB is on to something about the "gaming" community that goes further than just "playing games" that has emerged in recent years that could be sorta kinda related to VR but not really. The VR thing is just FB's foothold into the industry in general because it's not like they can compete with MS/Sony/Nintendo.

Minecraft, Fortnite, hell FFXIV and WoW are all digital spaces where people go to hang out with friends. You don't just log in to play the game but to hang out -- the digital version of "being in the room" that feels really different than something like a group chat.

I'm not at all surprised that the owners of a bunch of successful "classic" social media properties is rightfully scared of a completely different kind of social network that crept up on them and that they have zero foothold in.