“Meta”

[Cmaier]

Good luck with that, Zuck.

 

[Renzatic]

...oh god.

 

[Deleted member 221]

Was “Redskins” taken?

F Mark and F FB

 

[Cmaier]

In Hebrew, “meta” means “dead.”

So there’s that.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

Good luck with that, Zuck.

Indeed.

But, fascinating, nevertheless.

Something tells me that the discarded name may have become a little too memorably toxic in the public eye and the public memory - not to mention some political establishments - for words.

In Hebrew, “meta” means “dead.”

So there’s that.

And if that turns out to be true, I will wipe a tear from my eye, and suppress an unseemly snigger.

 

[Eric]

There's no polishing that turd, I don't care what you name it.

 

[SuperMatt]

Meat

 

[Scepticalscribe]

There's no polishing that turd, I don't care what you name it.

Agreed.

 

[Thomas Veil]

From what I'm reading, it'll be the company name. Facebook, Instagram and all the other social media shitshows will continue to operate under their own names.

Sounds pretty much like when Google created Alphabet.

 

[Cmaier]

From what I'm reading, it'll be the company name. Facebook, Instagram and all the other social media shitshows will continue to operate under their own names.

Sounds pretty much like when Google created Alphabet.

Yes but they are renaming the oculus products “meta”

 

[DT]

Congrats to whoever owned meta.com …

 

[SuperMatt]

Congrats to whoever owned meta.com …

I should buy meat.com for those who commit spellign erorrs.

 

[Joe]

I should buy meat.com for those who commit spellign erorrs.

Trump supporters

 

[Cmaier]

I should buy meat.com for those who commit spellign erorrs.

That’s why i bought spellign.com

 

[fischersd]

Trump supporters

You're giving them too much credit.

 

[DT]

I should buy meat.com for those who commit spellign erorrs.

I had a couple of domains I sold way back in the day, no idea about current value, but in early 2000, $5K-10K for some, "who knows" domains was pretty sweet

 

[Yoused]

In Hebrew, “meta” means “dead.”

So there’s that.

I recall that the highest paid writer in the word got something like a million dollars (back in the early '70s, that was pretty good money) for writing one word. The word was "Exxon" – he was hired to come up with a name that meant nothing in any language. Well, except for digital signaling, so I guess he sort of failed at his job.

 

[thekev]

In Hebrew, “meta” means “dead.”

So there’s that.

Sometimes...dead is bettah. I think that holds for facebook.

 

[Ulenspiegel]

In Hebrew, “meta” means “dead.”

So there’s that.

I have my visitation stones prepared...

 

[Runs For Fun]

This was a good read. Zuck is a monster

Facebook's problem isn't its brand — it's Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook is trying to draw a line between its social media and its "metaverse" business — but with Mark Zuckerberg in charge that could be difficult.

www.businessinsider.com

Changing their name isn't going to erase all of the negative views of Facebook that are really coming out strong now. Please just let Facebook die.