EU throws party in €387K metaverse – and hardly anyone turns up

> A spokesperson for the Commission told Devex that the promotional post’s purpose was to "increase awareness of what the EU does on the world stage" among 18-to-35 year olds found "primarily on TikTok and Instagram"

Huh. If that's the goal, wouldn't investing into TikTok and Instagram content make much more sense?

The goal of reaching out to young people who don't care about politics is great, but it's a shame the organizers have fallen for building a "Metaverse" thing without apparently validating whether anyone cares about the Metaverse.

This meeting could have been an email -> this metaverse gala could have been a vrchat.

Time to investigate

- who came up with that idea

- what partner got selected

- who lobbied

- what technologies did they use

- what cloud platform did they choose

I remember about that news last year, but forgot about it, thanks for remind us about it

These people are complete idiots. They should have run a Fortnite event instead.

Complete idiots playing with our tax monies.

Hey EU please use SecondLife, i would love to see FlintenUschi in Heels, Angelwings, lots of Lindens and some sexy latex lingerie. That could even attract some 40-80 y/o, maybe the buddy's from McKinsey can come too...you know the party animals per-se.

I put on my robe and party hat...

Why would they expect that investing in facebook would be a good idea?