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Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse (www.cnbc.com)
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[–] jaennaet@sopuli.xyz 43 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Motherfuckers even named their company after their useless hype product and then 5 years later just quietly kill it. Peak billionaire behaviour

[–] etchinghillside@reddthat.com 20 points 1 day ago (8 children)

We taking bets on the next rebrand name?

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

I'm going to guess they'll keep it and justify it as "metadata". Like the metadata of it's users that it sells

[–] kat_angstrom@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

It was "Meta", but now they're going all-in on AI, so they'll probably want to go "MetAI" except that it's lame and so are all the other various portmanteaus, so they'll pivot to something inexplicable and wild like "Everything" or "AllAI"

[–] jaennaet@sopuli.xyz 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Well, by induction since the last hype was the "metaverse" and they rebranded to Meta, so because now the hype is "AI" they'll rebrand to A, or maybe Artificial.

Q.E.D.

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Since there is still nothing actually worth calling "metaverse" as the sci-fi concept it was promised to be, they might go for something around AGI.

[–] jaennaet@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

In all seriousness I really could see Zuck going for some AGI bullshit, or even ASI

Edit: oh fuck, ASImov! That's what they'll call it next

[–] brsrklf@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago

Oh great, because billionaires shitting on Tolkien wasn't enough.

[–] klu9@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago

Nothing But Bots ™️

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Dead Internet Company

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

AI

I can call you Meta, and Meta you can call me AI. Call me AI.

[–] deacon@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It’s like tattooing your new girlfriend’s name on your ass.

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 3 points 14 hours ago

"Hi im 's boyfriend. No no that is my legal name." Behavoir

[–] YaksDC@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 day ago

More like tattooing that name on your face.