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I disagree. Alphabet has no clear connection to their current or future business plans. They don't even own alphabet.com. Meta on the other hand is the best pos

• Talanes 5y ago
  > Meta on the other hand is the best possible metaverse name It's not like we all use search.com. Having an on the nose name doesn't necessarily mean having a good one.
  • duud 5y ago
    Meta is more open ended than search.com. It could just as easily be a bar or art gallery as a $100 trillion dollar virtual empire. You are right that a great name can only take you so far, ultimately you have to have a competitive product. Fortunately for Meta they already have a market leading VR product and a $10 billion annual budget to maintain that lead. As someone who has spent several thousand hours studying names and recently bought FB stock, I am delighted with the change.
    • Talanes 5y ago
      >It could just as easily be a bar or art gallery as a $100 trillion dollar virtual empire. "Meta" the bar or art gallery actually makes far more sense than "Meta" the tech company. Search would be a great name for a bar too. Generic industry terms make far more immediate sense when used outside the industry. Meta just feels like a company in 1999 naming itself "Internet." But, it doesn't matter because Facebook has the resources to make any bad idea stick.