Facebook Is Changing Its Name To Meta, And People Have Some Strong — And Hilarious — Feelings About It



Thu, October 28, 2021, 6:30 PM·2 min read

Facebook just announced that they'll be changing their name to "Meta." In a virtual meeting about the corporation's future, Mark Zuckerberg said he hopes they can eventually be seen as a "metaverse company."

According to Investopedia (a website I never thought I'd find myself perusing), a metaverse is "a digital reality that combines aspects of social media, online gaming, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and cryptocurrencies to allow users to interact virtually."

This rebranding comes after a wave of scrutiny towards the company for its alleged spread of hate speech and misinformation. So as you can probably imagine, the internet has some thoughts. Here are 15 tweets that sum up people's reactions:

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