Tech Talk: Enter the Zuckerverse? Social media churns with new names for Facebook – Gulf Digital News
- Date: 24-Oct-2021
- Source: Gulf Daily News
- Sector:Technology
- Country:Gulf
Tech Talk: Enter the Zuckerverse? Social media churns with new names for Facebook – Gulf Digital News
Zuckerverse. Timesuck. Faceplant.
They're just a few of the suggestions being bandied around online following reports that Facebook plans to rebrand itself with a new group name. The company refused to comment on rumour or speculation, of course, but the Twitterati had no problem.
The debate careered from sensible to screwball to strange.
"Meta" was one of the more sober trending suggestions, referring to Facebook's reported desire to assume a name that focuses on the metaverse, a virtual environment where users can hang out.