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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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[–] vpzom@narwhal.city 2 points 2 years ago

wikipedia credits the term to a book from 1992, which predates the fediverse as far as I know