Mark Zuckerberg's appearance on Joe Rogan's show did little to help his metaverse pitch and suggests he may not be the best spokesperson for these efforts
Forget about the devastating reviews from the video game press, the cringe-worthy digital “selfie,” and the notable lack of legs … Tweets: @chafkin , @chafkin , @padresj , @krisholt , @film_girl , @karissabe , @jesselehrich , @pkedrosky , and @thatmags Tweets: Max Chafkin / @chafkin : meanwhile, this grasping effort massively undercuts the Zuck's modest stuff on vaccines and misinformation. Of course he didn't bother talking about vaccines or covid. He was trying to make Joe Rogan think he's cool https://twitter.com/... Max Chafkin / @chafkin : god help me, but i wrote about Mark Zuckerberg's alpha guy rebrand for @bw https://www.bloomberg.com/... @padresj : Huh... so an audience that is famously opposed to most forms of centralized authority wasn't convinced to come over to the side of one of Big Tech's most powerful centralized authorities? Go figure... 😏 https://www.bloomberg.com/... Kris Holt / @krisholt : Zuckerberg is not the pitchman Meta should be using for the metaverse (or most other things). He's not an especially engaging speaker. He often seems very awkward in his public appearances. https://twitter.com/... Christina Warren / @film_girl : @karissabe yeah, gonna need receipts for those “varsity” sports. Karissa Bell / @karissabe : @film_girl well the only one he named was fencing... Jesse Lehrich / @jesselehrich : aptly brutal takedown of Zuck's attempt to sell some ‘alpha-male’ vision of the metaverse - and himself - to Joe Rogan fans: https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/... Paul Kedrosky / @pkedrosky : Everything about this is pathetic and awful. Zuck is the Zelig of cringe: You see cringe, you see Zuck. https://twitter.com/... @thatmags : Narrator: That also was Zuck's original pitch for Facebook. He hasn't changed. https://twitter.com/...
meanwhile, this grasping effort massively undercuts the Zuck's modest stuff on vaccines and misinformation. Of course he didn't bother talking about vaccines or covid. He was trying to make Joe Rogan think he's cool https://twitter.com/...
Zuckerberg is not the pitchman Meta should be using for the metaverse (or most other things). He's not an especially engaging speaker. He often seems very awkward in his public appearances. https://twitter.com/...
Huh... so an audience that is famously opposed to most forms of centralized authority wasn't convinced to come over to the side of one of Big Tech's most powerful centralized authorities? Go figure... 😏 https://www.bloomberg.com/...
aptly brutal takedown of Zuck's attempt to sell some ‘alpha-male’ vision of the metaverse - and himself - to Joe Rogan fans: https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...
I was struck by this as well when listening to Zuck's interview with Rogan... it's clear he's been trying to make fitness/athleticism part of his personal brand but it's interesting that he talked about it like he's always been this way ... https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://t…
there was a time when zuck made sense as THE facebook spokesman and brand ambassador but watching him on rogan i couldn't help but think that time has passed. https://twitter.com/...
If Zuckerberg wants the metaverse to succeed the best thing he can do is resign from Meta (and retreat from public life). It isn't just that the metaverse looks unappealing, but that Zuckerberg is loathed and his association further taints the metaverse. https://www.bloomberg.com…
do you all remember when we were laughing about that facebook benefits video where the a capella singers went into the metaverse..... i miss those days https://www.bloomberg.com/...
To be clear: I hope the metaverse crashes and burns, but if Zuckerberg is trying to figure out what the problem is he just needs to (literally) look in the mirror.
Zuckerberg's recurring metaverse selling point is that it allows you to do antisocial things without repercussions. He's been using the texting-during-meeting sales pitch for years. Via excellent @chafkin https://www.bloomberg.com/... https://twitter.com/...