Apparently, it's the next big thing. What is the metaverse?

[Bathsheba]

@spitfire

Yep, but on a Forum, you don’t have to wear a headset, not unless you want to of course.

Very true - nor on the majority of social media platforms

[Baz46]

@butterscotch

@Baz46

– no consequences for anything whatsoever?

There’s always consequences where humans are involved, if only the consequence of being thrown out of the metaverse. Just different consequences for different actions than in meat space.

You know that and so do I but some these days behave and expect there to be no consequences for anything, “I want, I have, I take” and no bothering about any consequences. That is what I was actually meaning. To me that word ‘metaverse’ is just that, another word but one that means nothing to me at all. Perhaps those my age thought that about the ‘internet’, all new to them at that time?

[LongDriver]

@butterscotch

Still confused. Most sites people consider social media like Facebook, twitter, Reddit, Instagram, etc. are all moderated. Unmoderated forums are very rare.

Well, you could have fooled me! One on my granddaughters, now 20, has endured so much obviously completely unmoderated abuse, she has deleted her FB & Tw accounts. She now relies on zoom type connections to her already established friends and several of those have also deleted their FB & Tw accounts for the same reasons.

[LongDriver]

@Bathsheba

Wikipedia disagrees with that view, as do many others.

Wiki can be ‘adjusted’ by anyone logged-in, so I take most Wiki entries with a pinch of well iodised salt.

[butterscotch]

@LongDriver

One on my granddaughters, now 20, has endured so much obviously completely unmoderated abuse, she has deleted her FB & Tw accounts

Moderated doesn’t mean that everyone will be happy with the level of moderation. But they are definitely moderated. If they weren’t, Twitter and Facebook couldn’t kick Donald Trump off. And Reddit couldn’t close subs that went against policy.

[LongDriver]

@butterscotch

Moderated doesn’t mean that everyone will be happy with the level of moderation. But they are definitely moderated. If they weren’t, Twitter and Facebook couldn’t kick Donald Trump off. And Reddit couldn’t close subs that went against policy

FB did absolutely sod-all for my granddaughter despite repeated complaints (is it called flagging?), so she happily left and closed her membership.

[butterscotch]

People leave forums every day with the same complaint so not so different.

[Donkeyman]

@butterscotch , So just like taking LSD then ???
Everybody swanning around in paradise ??
The politicians can get away with even more then can’t they ??
Donkeyman!

[Maree]

I think forums are definitely a form of social media. And I suppose those that have virtual pubs, chat rooms and group events are a primitive metaverse

[Maree]

And they have the same problems as Facebook and Twitter sometimes, with bullying, abuse and poor moderation