Skip to main content
Tech

Questionable motive? Facebook changes name for a fresh new start

Share

Social media giant, Facebook, announced they intend to change its name in the coming weeks. The timing of this is leading many to question the company’s motives. Recently, Facebook came under fire for creating and maintaining an toxic environment for young users on Instagram.

According to Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, the company is interested in expanding upon its various virtual reality investments which is the reason for the name change. The most recent idea for Facebook to grow the VR space comes with the “metaverse”, a space where users can walk, talk and live within a virtual realm.

Once this news broke, social media users took to Twitter to give Facebook suggestions and inspiration but mostly jokes for what the company should use as a name.

TAYLOR KNIGHT:

TWITTER IS GOING OFF TODAY – THINKING OF A NEW NAME FOR FACEBOOK.

EVERYTHING FROM FACEPLANT TO ZUCKPLEX.

ACCORDING TO A FEW DIFFERENT SOURCES, – MARK ZUCKERBEG,  PLANS TO ANNOUNCE  A NEW NAME FOR FACEBOOK  NEXT WEEK. 

THE COMPANY WANTS TO BE KNOWN FOR MORE THAN SOCIAL MEDIA. 

FOR EXAMPLE – BEING THE KING OF THE METAVERSE.

A FEW MONTHS AGO I DID A STORY ON FACEBOOK’S METAVERSE – WHICH IS A VIRTUAL REALITY TECHNOLOGY – WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK, TALK AND EVEN HAVE MEETINGS WITH COLLEAGUES IN REAL TIME.  

CHECK OUT SOME OF THESE MEMES, MAKING FUN OF THE NAME CHANGE . .

THIS ONE IMPLIES FACEBOOK IS A SHEEP IN WOLF’S CLOTHING.

AND PLENTY OF REFERENCES TO CHANGING THE NAME TO FACEPLANT.

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT FACEBOOK’S METAVERSE PLANS GO CHECK OUT MY VIDEO ON STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS DOT COM. 

IN THE MEANTIME,WHAT DO THINK SHOULD BE FACEBOOK”S NEW NAME.

LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS BELOW.