People are mocking Facebook’s ‘Meta’ rebrand – 19 of the funniest and most brutal takedowns
Facebook’s been having a troubled and much-criticised time of late so Mark Zuckerberg might have been hoping a much-anticipated rebrand would spark a ray of light amidst the gloom.
Unfortunately for him – and fortunately for everyone else – the just announced change of name of its holding company to ‘Meta’ prompted a wave of dismay and bemusement. But most of all, plain old hilarity.
Announcing @Meta — the Facebook company’s new name. Meta is helping to build the metaverse, a place where we’ll play and connect in 3D. Welcome to the next chapter of social connection. pic.twitter.com/ywSJPLsCoD
— Meta (@Meta) October 28, 2021
And just in case you wondered what on earth they’re talking about, this may – or may not – help.
I wish I could tell you this is ironic. But earlier today, irony passed away after a massive cardiac event from which it did not recover
— Carole Cadwalladr (@carolecadwalla) October 28, 2021
But before people got around to playing and connecting, they have been busy mocking. In 3D, obviously.
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this all happened because zuckerberg never meta girl until college
— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) October 28, 2021
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“The name of the company is Meta. It’s a cutting edge high-tech Web 3.0 company with no data and consumer exploitation issues whatsoever currently trading at a deep discount to fair value” pic.twitter.com/4cEvkgzyCl
— Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA Esq. 💸 (@ParikPatelCFA) October 28, 2021
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Meta as in “we are a cancer to democracy metastasizing into a global surveillance and propaganda machine for boosting authoritarian regimes and destroying civil society… for profit!” https://t.co/jzOcCFaWkJ
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) October 28, 2021
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Changing name to Meat
— Meat (@Wendys) October 28, 2021
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Nobody asked for this new Facebook feature pic.twitter.com/18pHZUX3Ej
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) October 28, 2021
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#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
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Introducing Meta: the lifelike manboy that knows over 100 human words! pic.twitter.com/GbRjPCqP0p
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 28, 2021
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Genuinely weird logo to choose #meta pic.twitter.com/fcTfqkUl8z
— Danny Wallace (@dannywallace) October 28, 2021
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The team behind the Facebook’s name change to Meta pic.twitter.com/AWY2lrczsg
— Lights, Camera, Pod (@LightsCameraPod) October 28, 2021
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Gonna take awhile to get used to saying “He was radicalized in a META group”
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) October 28, 2021