Facebook Inc. changes its name to Meta

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It was mentioned (in the video below), that the meta infinity logo looks like a pair of saggy boomer tits.

 
And to think that someone probably got a prize for the word 'Meta' - sounds lame to me
 
Agent_Smith said:
Well something is going to change necesating email signature changes for some...
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Not really. The same as the google - alphabet thing. The holding / umbrella company is irrelevant to most people. Nobody has an alphabet sig or needed to change their gmail sig or whatever.
 
So, I heard some analyst type say that this change protects Mark from being personally liable for what Facebook and his other brands do. Assume he'll be CEO of the group with other CEO's reporting to him. And they'd be liable for what goes on at FB and co.
 
R13... said:
So, I heard some analyst type say that this change protects Mark from being personally liable for what Facebook and his other brands do. Assume he'll be CEO of the group with other CEO's reporting to him. And they'd be liable for what goes on at FB and co.
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Who is this analyst? Facebook Inc. remains Facebook Inc. they are simply trading as Meta. Facebook, Instagram and Messenger are all Facebook Inc. products.

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At this time it is uncertain whether Facebook Inc. as an entity will be changed to Meta Inc. The core products remain the same. WhatsApp is a separate company, but is owned by Facebook Inc. Facebook Inc. owns other companies as well.

The change does nothing to Mark's role and responsibilities within Facebook Inc.

To quote their own website,

The Meta Companies | Facebook Help Centre

www.facebook.com www.facebook.com

The Facebook company is now Meta. While our company name is changing, we are continuing to offer the same products, including the Facebook app from Meta. Our Data Policy and Terms of Service remain in effect, and this name change does not affect how we use or share data. Learn more about Meta and our vision for the metaverse.

In addition to the services offered by Facebook Inc. and Facebook Ireland Ltd, Facebook owns and operates each of the companies listed below, in accordance with their respective terms of service and privacy policies. We may share information about you within our family of companies to facilitate, support and integrate their activities and improve our services. For more information on the Facebook Companies' privacy practices and how they treat individuals' information, please visit the following links:
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Shocking no one, Facebook/Meta earns title of the worst company of the year

Who would have thought that changing a name would shift how people see a company? Unfortunately, if that was the case for Facebook, it didn’t work out, as an audience survey found that Meta is the worst company of the year.



As it does every year, Yahoo! Finance selects a “Company of the Year” based on its market performance and other achievements while it also selects a “Worst Company of the Year,” polling its audience about the company that upset them the most.

While one could say that these are different metrics, there are a lot of reasons why Facebook got this title as the worst company of the year. Yahoo! Finances said that while Robinhood, Nikola, and other companies appeared in this survey in which 1,541 readers responded, Facebook was the one that received the most write-in votes with 8%.

What is especially interesting about the Company Formerly Known as Facebook is just how many and varied the reasons people dislike it. It received 50% more votes than the second-place finisher, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba, not for one singular offense but for a litany of grievances from groups of people that may have little else to agree about.
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One of the reasons that so many people got furious about Facebook/Meta was thr company’s effects on children and young people, something we’ve covered a lot lately regarding the Instagram controversy.

Even though it seems that Facebook could redeem itself as around 30% of Yahoo! readers think that.

9to5mac.com

Shocking no one, Facebook/Meta earns title of the worst company of the year - 9to5Mac

An audience survey of Yahoo! Finances found that Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is the worst company of the year.
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As bad as FB is its nowhere close to as toxic as Twitter
 
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