Face{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.
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Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name
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#42Numeration.xyz
You mean Numeration.890 xD
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#43Despite 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 find it difficult to believe Sweeney will give up Epic's ownership
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#44They 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
I vote for “Peeping Mark”
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#45Do 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…
Phillip Morris international is a separate company from altria
Re: Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name
#46Despite 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…
> that _does not_ integrate with the social graph / is not monetized through advertising, it has a real shot.
They're doing it *so that* it integrates with social graph AND is another advertising channel.
Re: Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name
#47They 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
How about "Facebot"
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#48Do 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…
citibank to targo
Re: Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name
#49Do 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 notorious military contractor Blackwater rebranded to 'Xe Services' in 2009. They were coming off a lot of heat 2007 incident where their employees killed a number of Iraqi citizens. I remember hearing that the name change was meant to obfuscate the company as searching for Xe didn't yield many results in search or documents. And Blackwater sounds dangerous. Newspapers continued to use "the company formerly known as Blackwater". Even wikipedia has it under Blackwater.
In 2011, they went a step further and changed their name again to 'Academi', which is pretty funny.
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#50Just 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 s…
Playstation @ Home seemed to appeal.
I would browse it and find a fair number of people meeting up and playing games.
But, I also found a lot of people just hanging out too. Shopping, occupying spaces and talking about stuff. The stay home spouse talking shit about their partner to a friend was pretty common too.
The VR bit you wrote resonates with me. I have similar questions. But the idea of a 3D space itself works for plenty of people.