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Do you think the name metaverse is taken from the name fediverse? (feddit.de)
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Or did they come up with it by themselves?

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[โ€“] Informapirata@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The term metaverse is earlier, although it is at least suspicious that the metaverse was launched just at the moment when Trump's "truth" project granted great notoriety to mastodon and all other federated platforms.

[โ€“] poVoq@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

Zuck is an ass, but he is also a nerd. I am sure he knew the term before.