Facebook is reportedly going to change its name

[midian182]

Why it matters: With close to 3 billion monthly active users, almost half the world is on Facebook, and most non-users know of the social network. But according to a new report, the company is about to undergo a name change.

The Verge writes that Facebook's new name will reflect its focus on creating a metaverse. The company will be rebranded as a parent group overseeing its suite of apps, including Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, and the current Facebook app—similar to when Google reorganized in 2015 to become a subsidiary of new parent Alphabet.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly planning to talk about the name change at the annual Connect conference on October 28, though it could be revealed sooner. Back in July, he said that over the next several years, "we will effectively transition from people seeing us as primarily being a social media company to being a metaverse company."

Facebook is also adding 10,000 "high-skilled" jobs across the European Union over the next five years to build hardware such as VR and AR experiences. The new name could be related to Facebook's unreleased social virtual reality world called Horizon that it's been working on for the last few years.

A spokesperson for Facebook said the company "doesn't comment on rumor or speculation."

Zuckerberg will doubtlessly be hoping the name change will help distance Facebook from the barrage of bad press it's received in recent weeks, which have been the company's worst since it was rocked by the Cambridge Analytica scandal in 2018.

There were leaked internal studies that showed the social network knows how damaging Instagram is for teenage girls' mental wellbeing; Zuckerberg being forced to deny claims he told Donald Trump that Facebook wouldn't fact-check politicians in exchange for less severe regulations; the FTC lawsuit; one of the site's worst outages in years; and a whistleblower testifying to US senators that Facebook prioritizes making money over doing what is good for the public, which most of us already knew. There was also the cease-and-desist letter it sent to the developer of the Unfollow Everything extension.

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[NumberSix]

Spybook? Bragbook? MakeYouHateYourFriendsBook?

 

[Watzupken]

Whatever new name they adopt, it does not change the way they operate, snooping around for any data/ PI that they can get their hands on.

 

[ypsylon]

Surrogates

I recommend the movie because that's beta of what FB is cooking perhaps under same name.

 

[Geralt]

Different name, the same crap.

 

[Nobina]

Facebook brand has a lot of dirt on it, changing the name might get some people to think it's a different platform.

 

[Dimitrios]

Fakebook?

Dembook?

Brandonbook?

Greedbook?

Liebook?

Scambook?

 

[Gmachine]

Fakebook?

Dembook?

Brandonbook?

Greedbook?

Liebook?

Scambook?

Don't forgot:

Faecesbook

I'm sure there's more

 

[Austinturner]

The parent group should just become “f” like that logo.

Subsidiaries “you”, “off” etc

 

[trparky]

Facebook brand has a lot of dirt on it, changing the name might get some people to think it's a different platform.

Not I. They can change their name for all they want, I will NEVER use their services again.

 

[WhoCaresAnymore]

Hackers can shut down entire shut down just about anything. Wish they would just shut Facebook down once and for all. Same with the other social media sites. World was so much better without textneck people staring at their phones.

 

[Yenega]

Hackers can shut down entire shut down just about anything. Wish they would just shut Facebook down once and for all. Same with the other social media sites. World was so much better without textneck people staring at their phones.

No they can't and when it happends it's just a few hours, however Facebook is pure trash and young people are fleeing, probably why they want to rebrand it

 

[QuantumPhysics]

FAKEbook

 

[Nobina]

Hackers can shut down entire shut down just about anything. Wish they would just shut Facebook down once and for all. Same with the other social media sites. World was so much better without textneck people staring at their phones.

Social media is what people want and what some even need. If we went back in time someone would eventually make social media again.

 

[Geralt]

Don't forgot:

Faecesbook

I'm sure there's more

Faecesbook is a good one! Hahaha

 

[Geralt]

Foolsbook

 

[Hardware Geek]

Faceplant, facepalm...the list is endless

 

[Uncle Al]

More lipstick on a pig .... or in this case, a hog.

 

[mgwerner]

So, something I never used and knew was a bad idea is going to change its name? Still a bad idea and will never use.

 

[Yenega]

So, something I never used and knew was a bad idea is going to change its name? Still a bad idea and will never use.

Well the guy became rich on this retarded idea.

 

[mgwerner]

Well the guy became rich on this retarded idea.

Yes, the world is filled with people with poor critical-thinking and decision-making skills. Does not make him or his product something to be admired.

 

[Thom Vee]

Sentinel

 

[mgwerner]

Sentinel

SkyNet?

 

[Neatfeatguy]

Why don't I believe the chart about active users constantly going up?

I know more and more people that have been leaving Facebook or at least using less and less. I don't know of any kids my daughter's age that uses it and she's almost 14. She says she doesn't have any friends or know of any kids that use Facebook.

I don't see how a name change is going to do anything for attracting younger people. Its just going to be the same sh!t with a different name.

Kind of like how Walmart changed their logo up 10/15 years ago. Making the logo "prettier" doesn't change the fact that its still Walmart.

 

[Phaetos]

Well the guy became rich on this retarded idea.

Considering he pretty much stole someone else's idea and created it as a "hot or not" website at his college, look how it's evolved .... or should I say it devolved even further?