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  • 89th8 Offline
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    I believe in the next few days Facebook will announce a new name, any guesses?

    I’m guessing it will be similar to where Google created a parent company called Alphabet, but the Google product remained.

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    • George KG Offline
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      George K
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      MySpace?

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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        MySpace?

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        @george-k said in Facebook’s new name…guesses?:

        MySpace?

        😆

        “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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        • 89th8 89th

          I believe in the next few days Facebook will announce a new name, any guesses?

          I’m guessing it will be similar to where Google created a parent company called Alphabet, but the Google product remained.

          MikM Away
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          Mik
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          @89th said in Facebook’s new name…guesses?:

          I believe in the next few days Facebook will announce a new name, any guesses?

          I’m guessing it will be similar to where Google created a parent company called Alphabet, but the Google product remained.

          Agreed. It will be a holding company and is designed to take news articles off the products.

          “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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          • 89th8 89th

            I believe in the next few days Facebook will announce a new name, any guesses?

            I’m guessing it will be similar to where Google created a parent company called Alphabet, but the Google product remained.

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            @89th said in Facebook’s new name…guesses?:

            Facebook will announce a new name

            Progressive Democrats of America

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            • kluursK Offline
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              Facy McBookface article

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              • Doctor PhibesD Offline
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                Doctor Phibes
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                TRUTH.

                Maybe somebody forgot to reserve a domain name?

                I was only joking

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                • George KG Offline
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                  https://gizmodo.com/facebooks-new-name-is-meta-1847957440

                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                  • MikM Away
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                    Mik
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                    Should have been The Matrix. That's rather what he's building.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    • 89th8 Offline
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                      Meta was so obvious it was like a placeholder for what a real, creative name could've been. Oh well. I guess it's all about me(ta).

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                      • jon-nycJ Online
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                        I wonder if it will be like Alphabet. A name not used outside of corporate headquarters and securities firms.

                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                          I wonder if it will be like Alphabet. A name not used outside of corporate headquarters and securities firms.

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                          @jon-nyc Probably exactly like that. It's also not the most friendly word to use in a sentence. "Hey, have you checked meta lately?"

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                          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                            I wonder if it will be like Alphabet. A name not used outside of corporate headquarters and securities firms.

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                            @jon-nyc said in Facebook’s new name…guesses?:

                            I wonder if it will be like Alphabet. A name not used outside of corporate headquarters and securities firms.

                            Yes.. also I think some segment of employees would like to say "I work for Meta" instead of having to say they work for Facebook.

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                            • 89th8 89th

                              @jon-nyc Probably exactly like that. It's also not the most friendly word to use in a sentence. "Hey, have you checked meta lately?"

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                              @89th said in Facebook’s new name…guesses?:

                              @jon-nyc Probably exactly like that. It's also not the most friendly word to use in a sentence. "Hey, have you checked meta lately?"

                              I assume they aren’t changing the name of the Facebook product, just the company, which has several properties as you know.

                              Only non-witches get due process.

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                                Who the heck is that guy, anyway? What insights into the human condition has Mark Zuckerberg ever had, other than to make his company bigger? Has he ever gone public with a thought that matters, other than to what makes his company bigger?

                                Education is extremely important.

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                                  George K
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                                  I first encountered my girlfriend on the old Facebook.

                                  I'd never Meta before.

                                  "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                  The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    Only non-witches get due process.

                                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                      Can we just cut the shit already? Is Facebook building Wintermute, or Neuromancer? That's all the hell I want to know.

                                      Please love yourself.

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                                      • HoraceH Horace

                                        Who the heck is that guy, anyway? What insights into the human condition has Mark Zuckerberg ever had, other than to make his company bigger? Has he ever gone public with a thought that matters, other than to what makes his company bigger?

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                                        @horace said in Facebook’s new name…guesses?:

                                        Who the heck is that guy, anyway? What insights into the human condition has Mark Zuckerberg ever had, other than to make his company bigger? Has he ever gone public with a thought that matters, other than to what makes his company bigger?

                                        So you're complaining that he restricts himself to talking about stuff that he actually knows about?

                                        The last bloody thing I need is yet another amateur philosopher or political "commentator" spouting on. We're freaking inundated with those a-holes.

                                        I was only joking

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                                          Bookend:

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                                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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