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I think I see an AI #bubble forming in my inbox

I'm getting daily daily pitches from AI startups I’ve never heard of, from PR peeps and agencies I’ve never worked with before.

I’ve even spotted a PR company that used to specialize in blockchain rebrand itself to de-emphasize all things crypto.

I’ve seen this before with the #metaverse, #blockchain, #virtualreality and several other waves of tech hype.

It seems to me that when a market heats up, many funded companies spend some of their money on hashtag#PR. Almost none of those companies survive. PR companies score some dumb money and grow, then shrink again.


Their PR isn't pretty because the startups don’t have a lot to say and their pitches tend to follow a formula of mentioning the VC that funded them, the fact their founder worked at Big Tech companies, and their intent to revolutionize/democratize something.

If I'm right, I'm in for about 2 years of this junk

"Napster to become a music-marketing metaverse firm after $207M acquisition."

Im not sure what is more surprising, that Napster still existed or that companies are still throwing around several hundred million dollars on metaverse stuff.

arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/0

Ars Technica · Napster to become a music-marketing metaverse firm after $207M acquisitionBy Scharon Harding

Today, I brought up another server to help people leave the #Metaverse and join the #Fediverse. I created a #Mobilizon server, my-group.events, which is a decentralized replacement for #Facebook Events.

You can use Mobilizon to create and organize your own events via a group page. Using it, you can publish out events to members, allow for discussions, collaborate, and share resources. I presume, just like you would with Facebook Events, which I never used.

You can also search for events that you can add to your own agenda.

You can have different profiles for different "you". Like a professional profile and one for your personal life.

Each server federates with other Mobilizon servers via an opt-in mechanism. I wish federating were automatic, though. I'm not a fan of opt-in federation. An Admin has to request a connection to another Mobilizon server, and it has to approve. Then public events become shared between them when approved.

People on Mastodon can follow Mobilizon groups and see published information. I don't know how well it works with other Fediverse applications.

I have not done a thing yet with the server. I have no groups and no events. But, if you would like to try using it and let me know how it works for you, it would be great. If there is another Mobilizon server you'd like me to federate with, I'll be happy to request it so you can see their public events.

There are still things I need to do on the server next week, like set up database backups and monitoring. But, the server appears useable.

You can create an account by going to my-group.events and you can start organizing events!

If anyone knows more about Mobilizon, please add to the discussion.

More information here: docs.joinmobilizon.org/use/ and joinmobilizon.org/en/

Jerry

#Fermasoft @Framasoft @_elena #FacebookEvents

my-group.eventsmy-group.events - MobilizonA Mobilizon decentralized server administrated in the Boston, MA, area but open to the entire galaxy
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@Stefan Bohacek Abandoned 3D worlds?

I'm not sure if OpenSim has anything that'd fall into this category. Sometimes the line between rarely visited and actually abandoned is blurred, seeing as how low OpenSim's population density is. Also, if a place in OpenSim is abandoned by its own owner, it's most likely shut down entirely. So if land exists with something on it, there's always someone behind it who pays to keep it online or at least keeps a standalone or grid server running at home.

That is, I do have a few ideas, for example, projects that have spent years in the same clearly unfinished state. Or what I think maybe OSgrid's old landing sim for new avatars.

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #OpenSim #OpenSimulator #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds
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