[nemothekid]

>People really want Meta to fail because the "metaverse" is one of the dumbest pivots of an established company of all time

I believe people want Meta to fail because the spent the better part of last 5 years completely eviscerating their reputation and goodwill. While Facebook, at its prepandemic peak was hemorrhaging young users and becoming known as the platform for misinformation and arguments due to the chase for engagements at all costs, Zuckerberg was bust cosplaying as presidential candidate. People want Facebook to fail and I think that's a consequence of how terrible their reputation has become.

[dont__panic]

Exactly. I also want Meta to fail because the company has proven itself to be immoral and a poor steward of meaningful social contact over the internet, but my biggest beef is with the rotting Facebook platform that has turned into something awful over the past 10 years.

That being said, I want Meta's involvement in a "metaverse" to fail too, because I can't imagine living in a world where Zuck sinks his dark pattern and advertising fangs into an even more immersive version of today's manipulative social media. They've done enough damage as is.

[endofreach]

Lets just stop calling them meta. They are still the evil facebook.