[HN Gopher] Seoul will be the first city government to join the ...
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       Seoul will be the first city government to join the metaverse
        
       Author : missinfo
       Score  : 3 points
       Date   : 2021-11-11 22:18 UTC (45 minutes ago)
        
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       | MR4D wrote:
       | I guess they just want to become the...
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       | ...wait for it...
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       | Seoul of the Metaverse.
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       | Sorry, I couldn't resist.
        
       | drawqrtz wrote:
       | Can't wait to stand in a line in a virtual government office!
       | Jokes aside but this just sounds like someone thought "our city
       | hall but in vr"
        
       | version_five wrote:
       | I don't know about Seoul specifically, just thinking it's really
       | disappointing if organizations are building a "Metaverse
       | Presence" instead of using money to have actual people - though
       | whatever medium - help their clients. Would you rather have a
       | metaverse chatbot that can't help you, or an extra person at the
       | service centre that can actually address your problems.
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       | Orgs love to rush to anything that has the promise of not having
       | to employ a real person to help. I wish they'd just give up and
       | spend the money on actual counter or call center staff.
        
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