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> the name change to "Meta" is a big mistake I think it's too soon to tell. Facebook has really negative brand recognition (from my POV), and who knows, maybe

by nwsm 5y ago

> the name change to "Meta" is a big mistake I think it's too soon to tell. Facebook has really negative brand recognition (from my POV), and who knows, maybe "metaverse" style online interaction is the future. (For the record I'm anti-web3 and indifferent on metaverse communities)

CiPHPerCoder 5y ago
I will always say VR, I will never say "metaverse". Their branding move was bold, yet unconvincing.
- tmn 5y ago
  Vr is a subset of the ‘metaverse’. The metaverse isn’t really something new. It’s just a rebranding of the portion of our lives that are contained within the digital realm. On top of that there are obviously ideas for how to adapt and grow that space, which is all to be seen
  - tonguez 5y ago
    “It’s just a rebranding of the portion of our lives that are contained within the digital realm.” none of my life is “contained” within shitbook
    - tmn 5y ago
      Lol that’s fine. Metaverse isn’t specific to shitbook. You’re on the metaverse via hn. At the end of the day, I think it’s dumb. I’m just iron manning the justification of the rebrand
      - tomrod 5y ago
        No, you and I and parent commenter are on the world wide web on HN. I see no 3d Second Life models interacting.
    - grumbel 5y ago
      The Metaverse, at least in theory, is the connection of all aspects of your digital existence into a seamless whole. It wouldn't be limited to Facebook, it would give you a digital identity you can freely carry between websites, VR environments and devices. In reality of course none of that exists and Meta has so far not shown how they plan to accomplish that. Worse yet, Facebook is directly responsible for making things not seamless on the Internet and in VR. So I don't have much hope (or fear) of them actually being successful in building that. But their vision is a lot broader than just Facebook in VR.
  - a0zU 5y ago
    Based
- nwsm 5y ago
  Meta's metaverse is centered on VR, but generally, metaverse and VR are orthogonal
stewbrew 5y ago
Meta still redirects meta.com to https://about.facebook.com/meta https://about.facebook.com/meta I don't think it's too soon.
- nwsm 5y ago
  It's too soon to tell if it's a mistake*
  - stewbrew 5y ago
    It isn't too soon to see that they don't believe in this rebranding themselves. Ergo it was a mistake.
nowherebeen 5y ago
The name Meta dilutes the brand significantly. I bet if you ask people what Meta is, most people outside tech can't tell. But if you ask what Facebook is, 100% of them can. They took a really good brand name and trashed it to the point they needed to rebrand.
- darawk 5y ago
  I thought that was the point, though. The brand Facebook is well known, but had developed negative associations. So they wanted to start fresh.
  - nowherebeen 5y ago
    Two sides of the same coin.
- jacobr1 5y ago
  But they are still keeping the name Facebook for that specific consumer product.

by nwsm 5y ago

CiPHPerCoder 5y ago

I will always say VR, I will never say "metaverse". Their branding move was bold, yet unconvincing.

tmn 5y ago
Vr is a subset of the ‘metaverse’. The metaverse isn’t really something new. It’s just a rebranding of the portion of our lives that are contained within the digital realm. On top of that there are obviously ideas for how to adapt and grow that space, which is all to be seen
- tonguez 5y ago
  “It’s just a rebranding of the portion of our lives that are contained within the digital realm.” none of my life is “contained” within shitbook
  - tmn 5y ago
    Lol that’s fine. Metaverse isn’t specific to shitbook. You’re on the metaverse via hn. At the end of the day, I think it’s dumb. I’m just iron manning the justification of the rebrand
    - tomrod 5y ago
      No, you and I and parent commenter are on the world wide web on HN. I see no 3d Second Life models interacting.
  - grumbel 5y ago
    The Metaverse, at least in theory, is the connection of all aspects of your digital existence into a seamless whole. It wouldn't be limited to Facebook, it would give you a digital identity you can freely carry between websites, VR environments and devices. In reality of course none of that exists and Meta has so far not shown how they plan to accomplish that. Worse yet, Facebook is directly responsible for making things not seamless on the Internet and in VR. So I don't have much hope (or fear) of them actually being successful in building that. But their vision is a lot broader than just Facebook in VR.
- a0zU 5y ago
  Based
nwsm 5y ago
Meta's metaverse is centered on VR, but generally, metaverse and VR are orthogonal

stewbrew 5y ago

Meta still redirects meta.com to https://about.facebook.com/meta https://about.facebook.com/meta I don't think it's too soon.

nwsm 5y ago
It's too soon to tell if it's a mistake*
- stewbrew 5y ago
  It isn't too soon to see that they don't believe in this rebranding themselves. Ergo it was a mistake.

nowherebeen 5y ago

The name Meta dilutes the brand significantly. I bet if you ask people what Meta is, most people outside tech can't tell. But if you ask what Facebook is, 100% of them can. They took a really good brand name and trashed it to the point they needed to rebrand.

darawk 5y ago
I thought that was the point, though. The brand Facebook is well known, but had developed negative associations. So they wanted to start fresh.
- nowherebeen 5y ago
  Two sides of the same coin.
jacobr1 5y ago
But they are still keeping the name Facebook for that specific consumer product.