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by danaris 1337 days ago
"Web3" didn't start to refer to anything VR or metaverse-related until very recently. For years, it's been the vague promise of a decentralized system, enabled by handwavey blockchain technobabble.

But now, with Meta's metaverse being hyped to high heaven, but also proving to be pretty much a nothingburger, suddenly web3 means metaverse, too? I smell shenanigans.