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Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by sillysaurusx »

I know most of us aren't looking forward to a future with Facebook in control, but ask yourself: How many times has Zuckerberg been wrong about tech trends?

I can't think of a single time. He's gotten every major investment correct.

This metaverse idea will either be the first major Facebook misstep, or it's a future we should embrace sooner than later. You stand to win big if you're an early adopter on any given platform, and perhaps it's time to start thinking about this as a new iOS.

That said, I hope I'm mistaken.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by tomp »

echelon wrote: post #86
daviding wrote: post #36

If there is going to be a metaverse, I'm not sure I want Facebook to own it. It's like a bad sci-fi pulp story. Given their investment and research, I wonder if they should open it all up (even if contradictory to short-term gains in ad revenue) so it has a chance to grow? Federate it a bit more than they are comfortable with, to at least give it a chance. I could see this flubbing out hard otherwise. I'm personally…

We could rename metaverse. Maybe derive prefixes from chemistry? Meta, ortho, para. Paraverse. Orthoverse. We can't keep using metaverse now.

Internetverse

Neverse for short.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by 7373737373 »

brap wrote: post #263
ritchiea wrote: post #208

Earlier quoted context omitted.

He’s certainly determined whatever his true self is, it’s not good for business.

It’s amazing how no one can be frank with him. “Look mark, the CEO doesn’t have to be the presenter. I’m sorry but you just can’t be the face of the company, it’s bad for business. Please, move aside, and get a normal person haircut”.

I wouldn't rule out that he could even be liked, if he didn't obviously pretend to be someone he is not

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by rvz »

wut42 wrote: post #74
rvz wrote: post #10

It is been finally admitted. Facebook Inc. aka Meta Inc. is going to kill Apple and put an end to the iPhone. Going to watch this. To Downvoters: Here's a reminder of how wrong the HN bubble was back then: [0] [1] This is the same place that reacted to Facebook acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp to being the dumbest decisions Mark Zuckerberg made and now it became a $1T company with billions in profit and billions in m…

wat.

   yes.
and you are going to watch them do it on 'the metaverse'.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by busymom0 »

I tried to watch the keynote video 3 times and after a few seconds, it would show me a login popup. I haven't had a FB account for over 7 years. Why can't they just let me watch what they are without an account?

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by busymom0 »

forgotpwd16 wrote: post #220
busymom0 wrote: post #169

Weird that meta.com doesn't redirect to fb. It redirects to meta DOT org which is: > Meta, a Chan Zuckerberg Initiative project, is a biomedical research discovery tool that analyzes & connects millions of scientific outputs to give you a comprehensive view into science. You can easily explore research and follow developments by searching for specific terms or creating customizable feeds of papers and preprints. EDIT…

Clean your DNS cache. It now redirects to https://about.facebook.com/meta .

Yep, just tried now and it fixed itself.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by hdjjhhvvhga »

daviding wrote: post #36

If there is going to be a metaverse, I'm not sure I want Facebook to own it. It's like a bad sci-fi pulp story. Given their investment and research, I wonder if they should open it all up (even if contradictory to short-term gains in ad revenue) so it has a chance to grow? Federate it a bit more than they are comfortable with, to at least give it a chance. I could see this flubbing out hard otherwise. I'm personally…

> I'm personally keen on the AR/VR space (surrounded by headsets here), but the early adopters are so polarized about Facebook/Oculus's involvement.

There is no polarization at all. I don't know a single person who is happy about being forced to use FB in order to be able to use the equipment they have bought.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by czottmann »

goatlover wrote: post #104
czottmann wrote: post #29

Still a terrible, terrible organisation that's detrimental to societies and humankind as such.

Is it FB or social media and big tech in general? I'm confused by the laser focus on FB all of a sudden.

If you think the laser focus happened "all of a sudden" I believe you haven't been paying enough attention. ;) I think outside of the U.S. there has been more concern about FB's awful track record for years by now.

But to answer your quest: For me it's their wish to be the biggest dog on Earth, aiming to be "everyone's internet" (especially in poorer, non-western nations) while at the same time wilfully ignoring the responsibilities that come with it.

Most other players are also bad, I guess, but so far not many of them are able to do that. much. damage. to society while putting profits first no matter the cost, while trying to game the system no matter the cost, while scorching the Earth to stave off perceived competition, while assuming they're above the law.

I'm certain that if Twitter, Telegram, Baidu, VK et al are having their own skeletons in the closet but they're not in the spotlight as much (yet).

(Edited for grammar.)

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