I do hope they call it "Umbrella Corp.". Either that or beating Alphabet with a more dystopian name.
Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name
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#32Despite how loathed Facebook is, if an Alphabet-like parent company launches a metaverse that _does not_ integrate with the social graph / is not monetized through advertising, it has a real shot. I have felt FB has needed to offer a privacy focused social network for some time. Apple is quietly proving people are willing to pay for privacy-enabled social features. My question is whether they will collaborate with Ep…
Facebook is going to buy Epic Games, mark my words. It would be north of a $60B acquisition even if they purchase them at twice their current valuation. It would be poetic justice because Epic and FB both have a common enemy - Apple. Facebook does not have a game engine and it is not currently a 3D-first company, and it makes sense that it will need one to underpin all of the content that will need to be made for the…
I don’t know how the m&a works on that deal, but from a product perspective, I think Facebook needs the users and the youngs among them.
Facebook will never be successful onboarding FB users, their graphs and the whole messed up biz model into something of their own.
Epic has the upper hand. I think that company could continue without FB but see no evidence FB or rather Facebook’s new parent company, can build out a metaverse product with brain worm as successful as Fortnite.
Even if FB had churned out successful original gaming ideas it would be a long shot. Fortnite has crushed that hard.
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#33Just out of sheer practicality, it's hard to understand the appeal of 3D (social) spaces. The web/text/document medium of the "classic" web is easily displayable from watch displays to 80" TVs. You can stack text, video, music conveniently and perceptually obviously on 2D planar spaces. You can just glance away to have a context of the real world - as such, comparable and fitting to other physical activities.
I get some aspects of VR, like gaming or the increasing trend to use virtual displays for productivity (stacking 2D windows). But accessing this space seems to be complicated even years ahead - the only way is to wear large, vision-blocking eyewear, or at least display a full-screen application that takes the user out of context. You can add in cameras and virtual 2D desktops to help, but it's an all-encompassing experience where getting in and out is a major, reorienting move. This is appealing for an ad company (100% eyeball control must be immensely valuable) or maybe for some mental needs ("escape reality") but I see this problematic and hard to integrate into society and the human experience.
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#34he is a cartoon character trying to pull us into his world. ok that's mean but, maybe i am getting old or something but the idea really doesn't appeal to me that much. i kinda wanna stop using computers and electronic devices. anyone realize how fast time goes by when you are glued to your monitor?
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#35he is a cartoon character trying to pull us into his world. ok that's mean but, maybe i am getting old or something but the idea really doesn't appeal to me that much. i kinda wanna stop using computers and electronic devices. anyone realize how fast time goes by when you are glued to your monitor?
Before you use your laptop or phone, write down exactly what it is that you want to achieve. Then, time how long it takes, and recall exactly what it was you did end up doing.
As you say, the results are surprising. I have worked very hard to remove tech from my personal and social life as much as possible.
Edit: youtube is the worst for this. I know perfectly well that 99% of youtube videos could be summarised in a few sentences, yet still find myself watching endless rubbish.
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#36Despite how loathed Facebook is, if an Alphabet-like parent company launches a metaverse that _does not_ integrate with the social graph / is not monetized through advertising, it has a real shot. I have felt FB has needed to offer a privacy focused social network for some time. Apple is quietly proving people are willing to pay for privacy-enabled social features. My question is whether they will collaborate with Ep…
Facebook is going to buy Epic Games, mark my words. It would be north of a $60B acquisition even if they purchase them at twice their current valuation. It would be poetic justice because Epic and FB both have a common enemy - Apple. Facebook does not have a game engine and it is not currently a 3D-first company, and it makes sense that it will need one to underpin all of the content that will need to be made for the…
I tried but I can't be serious about this news. Th company must name : Epic Face :)))))
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#37Re: Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name
#38Face{plant|palm|roll|mask|hugger} Or as an homage to Orwell: Faceboot. They could always go back to their Facemash roots. Or acquire the rights to Skynet.
Face Palm? Face Down ?
Face Epic Fail - after acquisition of Epic Games
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#39They should rebrand to Faceboot - "“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - for ever.” George Orwell
edit: I see a bright future for Oculus if it's marketed and shaped as a faceboot. /s it would look something like this: https://i.imgflip.com/2y3xdw.jpg
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#40Do these rebrands even work? I see a couple of examples in other comments, like Comcast -> Xfinity, Philip Morris -> Altria, but this is the first time I see the name Altria. Even earlier this month when I was reading an article about tobacco, it used the name Philip Morris.
Google's rebranding to Alphabet also feels semi-successful. Technically Fitbit is a Google's sister company under the Alphabet umbrella, but all the news I've seen reported it as "Google acquires Fitbit". I only see the Alphabet name when I read about earnings reports and their stock value, and even then it's always introduced as "Alphabet, the Google parent company"