WTF Happened to the Metaverse?

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• LinkedIn’s #Metaverse Mania
• I Drank the Kool-Aid and Paid the Price
• What Did I Really Learn?
• Is the Metaverse a Dead Hype?
• In Short

Introduction

Ah, the Metaverse. Remember when everyone was saying it was the “next big thing”? Back in 2020 and 2021, during the pandemic, you couldn’t escape it. “It’s the future!” they said, with the kind of conviction that made you wonder if they had insider knowledge, like they were already living there in some pixelated utopia. But here’s the funny thing: nobody really knew what the Metaverse was…. they still don’t. It’s like some abstract piece of art that everyone pretends to understand, nodding sagely while secretly thinking, what am I looking at 🤔?

LinkedIn’s #Metaverse Mania

The Metaverse conversation exploded on social media—especially on LinkedIn. Ah, LinkedIn, where #Metaverse was trending faster than you could say “virtual reality headset.” You had these professionals, self-proclaimed visionaries, posting their “unique” takes, thinking they were dropping some groundbreaking wisdom. The reality? A thousand other users were basically posting the same inspirational nonsense. The irony was impossible to miss. It was like an echo chamber of corporate buzzwords and fancy-sounding jargon, with everyone patting each other on the back for being ahead of the curve.

I Drank the Kool-Aid and Paid the Price

Now, I’ll admit, I got swept up in the hype, too 🤦‍♂️. Who wouldn’t? Spend enough time on LinkedIn, and you start believing anything that gets enough likes. So, I thought, why not start a new business in the Metaverse? It’s the future, right? This is where the tech-savvy entrepreneurs are headed! Fast forward a few months: business failed. No surprises there 🤷‍♂️. In fact, if the Metaverse had been a stock, it would’ve been a great lesson in the dangers of FOMO. Turns out, jumping on the bandwagon doesn’t always lead to success, especially when no one actually knows what they’re riding toward.

What Did I Really Learn?

So, what did I learn from this Metaverse debacle? Two things. One, stay off social media for a while. It’s a breeding ground for hype (surprise, surprise….), and unless you’re really good at filtering out the noise, it’ll mess with your head. And two, the Metaverse might just be another dead hype, a buzzword destined to join the ranks of tech fads that promised the world but delivered…well, nothing.

Is the Metaverse truly dead, or is it just lying in wait for the right time? We’ve been here before. The tech world loves a good comeback story. But let’s face it: until we stop treating the Metaverse like some mythical unicorn and start seeing it for what it really is—an unpolished, confusing, maybe-not-even-real concept—it’s hard to see how it’s going to live up to all that hype.

Is the Metaverse a Dead Hype?

So, WTF happened to the Metaverse? It got lost in its own noise, swallowed by a frenzy of hashtags and inspirational LinkedIn posts. And we let it happen. But hey, at least we learned something: next time someone tells you “it’s the future,” ask them if they even know what “it” is.

In Short

The Metaverse was hyped up as the next big thing, especially on social media, but nobody really knew what it was. People on LinkedIn thought they were geniuses for jumping on the trend, even though they were just repeating the same stuff. I got caught up in the hype, tried starting a business in the Metaverse (it failed), and learned to filter out the noise. So, is the Metaverse just another dead tech fad? Probably, but who knows—maybe it’ll make a comeback when people figure out what it actually is.