• plenipotentprotogod@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    The cynic in me wants to say that Facebook’s foray into VR was a resounding success in that it propped up their stock price until the next fad/grift could come along and take it’s place.

    • sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 days ago

      I mean, that basically is how the stock market has worked in the last decade, just basically do a marketing campaign for your company/stock, and then investors get FOMO, pile in.

      You’re not really wrong, lol. Ever since the 08 GFC, the ‘economy’, as presented by the media basically just is a series of escalating bubbles in every industry.

      … which are of course now, all at the same time… deflating, unwinding, imploding.