Renaming but the domain stays the same? Clicking the logo on the top just takes you to about.facebook.com.
Ah, going to meta.com does take you to about.facebook.com.
They just aren't not-redirecting you yet.
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#92All I can think of is Comcast -> Xfinity and how well that's gone...
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#93quasi-serious:
This spells the end of the expression "that's so meta" or any related quip about self-referential humor.
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#94If they are actually rebranding wouldn't that be reflected on Facebook? I don't see it.
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#95This HN comment from last week nailed it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28931821
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#96Heh, I got uMatrix cranked up so high, all I get is the menu bar with "FACEBOOK", 3 screenfuls of complete blank, then "A future made by all of us". I feel strangely good about not seeing anything.
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#97I actually agree with the vision, like its clear that media convergence will all kinda lead us into a common tech space, be it AR / VR / 3D whatever. But I don't think it needs to be called metaverse. We should have another name for it. Not to give "Meta" as a company the same honor as google received for "googling".
"merged reality" as the digital world merges onto IRL?
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#99My god, if you get it, you get it. They are going all in on metaverse / have decided that the future of oculus is the primary long term bet, not facebook itself. And they have the money to make it so. This is incredibly scary, and probably a good investment.
Sounds like a Yudkowskyists wet dream to me.
Anyone know if people there are heavily influenced by his work?
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#100I wonder how much they paid for meta.com