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Report: Facebook to Change Its Name Next Week to Better Reflect Company's 'Metaverse'

Pshhh… I’ve been referring to this garbage bin as Fakebook for quite some time now (for obvious reasons) and will continue to do so regardless.
 
I'm thinking an appropriate new name would be s mething along the lines of "Faceboned" or "Faceshit" (3 syllables, after "facetious;" fuh-see'-schit). Or maybe something as simple and homespun as "Falsebook."
 
norwaypianoman said:
Oh no. Please do not escape into some technological hindu multiversism and mysticism. That is a dead end.
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Probably more like Sci-fi/techno-fantasy, when it comes from tech industry dudes...
Septembersrain said:
Nice. Just renaming the same old crap. Companies love to do this.
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Yeah because they know that, eventually, society forgets. It doesn’t even need a generation to die off.
 
jonnyb098 said:
He should do what Bill Gates and every other hated power hungry rich person has done throughout time. Retire and start a foundation. Then he can REALLY control the world and be respected while doing it!
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Yeah, the way the public now worships Bill Gates is seriously gross. I’m not in line with the crazy conspiracy theorists either. There’s real abuse to talk about without making up crazy BS.
 
Sowelu said:
After the name change, maybe the Murdoch family can buy the company and fold it into their disinformation mega machine. The demographics are very similar and just like Fox, the ‘news’ division is only ‘news’ by name.

Neither are held to the same standards as actual news outlets and they share the same goal… create the boogie men that the misinformed fringe need to justify the dreck that is being fed to them. Creating and growing the very fringe demographic that they cater to.

It’s an evil but genius business model. The massive cult following is a good indication of their success, but also reveals just how many people will believe anything without question if they want it to be true.
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I wouldn’t call it genius. Opportunistic is the more accurate term. I don’t think opportunism requires genius; merely malicious self interest.
 
Googlyhead said:
Still means that anyone with a sliver of sanity, knowledge, or common sense will know not to go anywhere near their (or any other social media company’s) version of the ‘metaverse’ even with a hazmat suited barge pole.
I’m pretty sure the name will ‘leak’ into the public consciousness, and despite the intended obfuscation; people will still know to avoid.
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No. The renaming crap actually works. It doesn’t take long for a populous to lose track of the old entity behind a new name.
 
dysamoria said:
“When you visit a site or app that uses our services [such as a Like or Share button, Facebook ads tools or Facebook Login]...”

Doesn’t my ad-blocker and social widgets blocker stop that?
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Not really. It's the site or app you are using that's reporting back to Facebook.

www.pcmag.com

How to Stop Facebook and Instagram From Spying on Your Internet Activity

A tool called “Your activity off Meta technologies” helps you manage how Facebook and Instagram look at your online activities.
www.pcmag.com www.pcmag.com
 
Biro said:
Not really. It's the site or app you are using that's reporting back to Facebook.

www.pcmag.com

How to Stop Facebook and Instagram From Spying on Your Internet Activity

A tool called “Your activity off Meta technologies” helps you manage how Facebook and Instagram look at your online activities.
www.pcmag.com www.pcmag.com
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If those settings were available last time I was logged in over two years ago, I turned that stuff off, for whatever good that does. Don’t I have to be logged in for their site platform crap to track me? I mean, if it doesn’t matter, then there’s nothing we can do but avoid sites with Facebook API crap.
 
dysamoria said:
If those settings were available last time I was logged in over two years ago, I turned that stuff off, for whatever good that does. Don’t I have to be logged in for their site platform crap to track me? I mean, if it doesn’t matter, then there’s nothing we can do but avoid sites with Facebook API crap.
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Nope, they can find you by IP addresses, browser and operating system information, the address of the website or app you’re using, cookies and device identifiers. Many of us tried to warn people years ago about all of the privacy we're giving up on the internet. The fact is, you're being tracked almost everywhere you go. Your internet provider knows where you've been - even if you use a VPN. And they're probably selling that information. The privacy train left the station 20 years ago with the full, enthusiastic support of the vast majority of the populace. And it's not the government we need to be worried about - at least not in the western democracies. It's private industry.
 
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I can also propose a couple of names for the company than wants to create an alternate reality:

* Alt-Truth

or more iconic

* Ctrl-Alt-Del
 
MN7119 said:
Billions of zombies that don’t know how to talk to people on the phone or in person. Billions of brainwashed people that hide themselves behind a keyboard. There is life out there. Go see it.
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Wow. And I thought I has a cynical outlook.

I haven’t had a fb account in years. Zero social media other than a couple of forums.
 
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