Facebook’s New Name Announced

What do companies always do when they are mired in horrible controversy?

The suits think they can just “change the name” and all will be good again.

I don’t think it’s going to work, but Facebook is trying anyway.

Today they announced their new name change:

BREAKING: Facebook changes its name to 'Meta' pic.twitter.com/TuODxWtWgJ

— Fintwit (@fintwit_news) October 28, 2021

Facebook is changing its corporate name to Meta as it shifts its focus to the "metaverse" and confronts wide-ranging scrutiny of the real-world harms from its various platforms after a whistleblower leaked hundreds of internal documents. https://t.co/eeC6kvGts4 pic.twitter.com/hjfk8ai1Oi

— CNN (@CNN) October 29, 2021

To which I loved this one:

https://twitter.com/sonofsarcasm/status/1453874752603500550

And everyone is making fun of the name with acronyms:

I saw the funniest comment over on Facebook:

META:

M=Manipulating
E= Everyone
T= Through
A= Advertising

🤣

— Robert McCarthy #CureCysticFibrosis (@87_RobertM) October 28, 2021

So many hilarious ones!

Man, I can’t stand this Lizard Alien, can you?

“I am proud to announce that, starting today, our company is now Meta.”

— CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook’s new name. pic.twitter.com/6YYaEKcufj

— The Recount (@therecount) October 28, 2021

And he’s right you know:

#BREAK Facebook's new company name is Meta

It still has all the same problems it had this morning. pic.twitter.com/3AROaibCeU

— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) October 28, 2021

2005:                          2021:
TheFacebook             Facebook
becomes                     becomes
Facebook.                   Meta. pic.twitter.com/oeUjiFe8PW

— Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) October 28, 2021

Meanwhile, President Trump released a statement where he did not hold back.

Man I love this guy:

“Mark Zuckerberg, in my opinion, a criminal, is allowed to spend over $400 million and therefore able to change the course of a Presidential Election, and nothing happens to Facebook,” Trump said in a fundraising email.
https://t.co/Otgc5LOwna

— Just the News (@JustTheNews) October 28, 2021

From John Solomon’s Just The News:

Former President Donald Trump is calling Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg “a criminal” apparently for giving hundreds of millions of dollars to a group that in turn purportedly provided grants to election operations in heavily Democratic areas in battleground states during the 2020 presidential election.

“Mark Zuckerberg, in my opinion, a criminal, is allowed to spend over $400 million and therefore able to change the course of a Presidential Election, and nothing happens to Facebook,” Trump said Tuesday in a fundraising email.

Trump appears to be referring to money Zuckerberg gave the Center for Tech and Civic Life, which in turn gave out election-related grants.

The group says on its website that its mission is to “help election officials adopt the tools and skills necessary to meet the changing needs of today’s public.”