Will makes some good points in his article.

I've seen lots of tech coverage and commentary that conflates social VR or gaming experiences and apps with the metaverse. Whilst a promising start and an indicator for what's to come, these are not yet the metaverse.

https://twitter.com/WillOremus/status/1476573009838329860

Just like the internet in the 1990s, the metaverse can feel hard to picture at first. So the best way to talk about social VR and gaming thru a metaverse lens is as starting points on a decade-long journey to the metaverse.

But also like the internet itself, the metaverse will unlock opportunities even beyond what is possible to grasp at this early stage of its development.

Until then, there are (at least) two other things that need to happen:

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30 Dec

It's December, which means it's time for another edition of my list of amazing reporters who I (secretly or not-so-secretly) admire and recommend everyone should read all the time.

So in no particular order, here are the 21...ish People Who Rocked In 2021 🥳👇

@shionamc

Tech/business: @shionamc, @Tech_Correspond, @Sheila_Dang, @HaysKali, @sarafischer, @kyliebytes, @Melissahei, @MORGANMEAKER, @TaylorLorenz, @MsHannahMurphy, @iuliaionescuro, @ulonnaya, @parmy, @stokel, @Kantrowitz, @shonaghosh (and everyone on her team at BI), @Ryan_Browne_

@asilbwrites

Internet culture and creators: @asilbwrites, @ifwross, @linzasaur, @stokel (again!), @anna_c_kramer, @paulaerizanu, @kattenbarge, @kyurieff, @sophiasgaler, @cwarzel

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28 Apr

While I was speaking at an event last week, someone asked me to give an example of a journalist who is using social media effectively.

Here is the long version of my answer: alexvoica.com/journalist-cre…

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@ameliargh

There are many amazing reporters (@ameliargh, @stokel, @TaylorLorenz, @RVT9 or @linzasaur, to name a few) who *use* social media to promote their reporting, interact directly with their audience, source material for their articles, and chat about their beat in general.

@brutamerica

Then there's a generation media outlets who evolved on social and know how to *create for* a social-first audience.

@brutamerica is a great example of a new media brand built on the premise that people enjoy informative, short-form videos: alexvoica.com/journalist-cre…

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19 Apr

@googledocs

To give people more control and choice over their data, today we're announcing that Facebook posts and notes can be directly transferred to @googledocs, @Blogger and @WordPress via our Transfer Your Information tool:

about.fb.com/news/2021/04/t…

@backblaze

These updates extend the reach of the tool that already enables people to transfer their photos and videos to @backblaze, @Dropbox, @googlephotos and Koofr: about.fb.com/news/2020/09/e…

To better reflect the range of data types people can now transfer to our partners’ services, we’re also renaming the tool to Transfer Your Information:
about.fb.com/news/2021/04/t…

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23 Feb

@hannaheboland

Today, Facebook is introducing Facebook Shop to consumers in the UK, a new place to shop and discover new brands and products in the Facebook app: telegraph.co.uk/technology/202… (via @hannaheboland)

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Starting from today, Facebook users in the UK will see Shop featured as a bookmark on the Facebook menu bar and in the mobile app.

The Shop experience for consumers will feature curated collections, products and recent posts from businesses of all sizes.

@MADEdotcom

Businesses who launched a shop in the UK include furniture store @MADEdotcom and small business, Jewellery by Nasira.

People will be able to see personalised content from brands within the News Feed, and through in-product notifications or small business favourites they follow.

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15 Jan

@rustlang

A quick history of Rust (@rustlang) at Facebook, 🧵👇

Facebook initially adopted Rust in 2017 for a project to develop a new source control service. That project had stringent performance and correctness requirements so the team decided that Rust was a better fit than C++. [1/5]

https://twitter.com/SAI/status/1350039868349575170

Rust adoption has been expanding steadily since then, with hundreds of engineers using it for dozens of projects such as Diem, Hack, or Mononoke.

We've been using it to write developer tools, which make a good environment for experimenting with a new language. [2/5]

Having proved itself in dev tools, there’s increased interest in using Rust for backend service code, and some initial exploration for using it in mobile apps. [3/5]

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