Facebook changes its company name to Meta

[demmiblue]

(CNN Business)Facebook is changing its company name to reflect its future ambitions and confronts wide-ranging scrutiny of the real-world harms from its various platforms after a whistleblower leaked hundreds of internal documents.

The company will change its name to Meta, effectively demoting Facebook's namesake service to being just one of the company's subsidiaries, alongside Instagram and WhatsApp, rather than the overarching brand.

A rebranding could be part of an effort to overhaul Facebook's reputation and turn the page following a series of PR nightmares, including misinformation on its platforms, content moderation failures and revelations about the negative effect its products have on some users' mental health.

The name change, which was announced by Mark Zuckerberg during its virtual reality and augmented reality conference Facebook Connect, aligns with its growing focus on the metaverse, which refers to efforts to combine virtual and augmented reality technologies in a new online realm.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/28/tech/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-keynote-announcements/index.html

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[lagomorph777]

1. MAGA would have been a better fit.

[demmiblue]

3. Yeah, well...

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[lagomorph777]

5. LOL

So true.

[lindysalsagal]

18. I love DU.

[MontanaMama]

6. Yup.

Missed it by that much.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Jinx

I'm guessing it will be another way to evade taxes.

[sarcasmo]

4. META will ask the government for billions of dollars.

[MineralMan]

7. Ahhhh....You beat me to it.

I'm self-deleting my post.

[Baked Potato]

8. 💩 Excreta

“combine virtual and augmented reality technologies”

[Jerry2144]

9. More accurately

Meta Mucil. Still the same old fascist right wing crap, but coming at you much faster.

Or

Metastasize- spreading toxic right wing cancer throughout the globe

[lindysalsagal]

17. Thread winner.

Ok, that tells you too much about me, but....

[blm]

10. "I never Meta girl in college, so I created Facebook."

Humor writer Michal DiGaetano.

Made me laugh.

[BeckyDem]

11. This is what sociopaths do.

[2naSalit]

12. No Meta where you go...

There you are.

Somehow there's an odd irony to that name.

[Generic Other]

13. What? Blackwater was unavailable?

My niece metta will be thrilled. UGH.

[sakabatou]

14. Might as well become this guy then

[TheBlackAdder]

15. The Meta virtual world will be brought to you by the Facebook/RayBan camera glasses.

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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/katienotopoulos/facebook-is-making-camera-glasses-ha-ha-oh-no

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[lindysalsagal]

16. I'll keep my pet name: Bookface.

Has a nice ring to it.