Facebook Renames to Meta • Hacker News Board

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by ZephyrBlu » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:26 PM UTC

yellow_lead wrote: post #12

quartz wrote: post #3

https://meta.com is live as well. ...I can't tell if it's intentional that the page loads initially with the "facebook" brand in the uppper left and then quickly overwrites it with meta.

The keynote video redirecting to a Facebook login screen is hilarious.

Why? The keynote video is on Facebook, that's why it would be redirecting you to a login screen.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by kroltan » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:26 PM UTC

mandeepj wrote: post #30

dbish wrote: post #8

MANGA sounds more fun then FAANG so that’s nice

Is n’t MAGNA better?

Not if you read Japanese comics, or if you speak Portuguese.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by endisneigh » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:27 PM UTC

dbish wrote: post #8

MANGA sounds more fun then FAANG so that’s nice

well G is not A, so it would be MAAAN.

used in a sentence:

MAAAN, why can't I get some money.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by otterley » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:27 PM UTC

On keyboards without a Meta chord key, Emacs and Readline users can hit Escape first instead. Sounds like a good plan to me. ;-)

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by djbusby » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:27 PM UTC

yjftsjthsd-h wrote: post #26

What an odd move; how on earth do they expect to defend that trademark?

Lawyers, guns and money.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by sushsjsuauahab » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:27 PM UTC

While I wish them all the best, this name in my opinion only is a bit cringe.

Carmack and Abrash have been dreaming about the "metaverse" for 30 years now, but I would rather view computers as tools instead of viewing them as things that control our perception of existence.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by BitwiseFool » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:27 PM UTC

nerbert wrote: post #27

minimaxir wrote: post #2

The rebrand was introduced as a "One More Thing" during the event keynote. A 2007 "One More Thing" was the announcement of the iPhone and the future of mobile computing. Now a 2021 "One More Thing" is the announcement of a company rebrand to avoid government regulation.

Colombo invented the "one more thing". Give credit where credit is due ;)

"Good artists copy, great artists steal"

-Steve Jobs (who stole this from Pablo Picasso, and there is a debate about whether or not Picaso even came up with the quote originally)

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by tyronehed » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:27 PM UTC

Classic ploy: squat on an existing word with the implication that anytime someone describes something as "meta", Facebook can act like they were saying "Meta".

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by cnst » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:27 PM UTC

Not April 1 yet?

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by paulgb » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:27 PM UTC

arduinomancer wrote: post #38

On one hand I’m not a big fan of Facebook But it is pretty amazing to have so much money and focus being thrown behind VR/AR There are a ton of problems that need to be solved in that space: graphics/geometry algorithms, image processing, hardware, interface/IO, neural stuff

I worry that the Facebook association is actually holding back VR. I know a few people who have expressed interest in an Oculus headset, but for the Facebook association. But the amount of capital Facebook is throwing after it surely makes other vendors hesitant to compete.