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I think it’s more disturbing that Zuckerberg named his company Meta in reference to a fictional dystopia where an antagonistic billionaire monopolist who runs a

I think it’s more disturbing that Zuckerberg named his company Meta in reference to a fictional dystopia where an antagonistic billionaire monopolist who runs a V.R. universe tries to literally control the minds of the world population both on and offline to become more powerful than world governments. Hubris is arrogance before the gods but what do you call the same before the devils? TL;DR: there is factual stuff Zuck does right in the open and is worse than a sketchy internet quote.

stametseater 4y ago
> TL;DR: there is factual stuff Zuck does right in the open and is worse than a sketchy internet quote. All that shit lends credence to the veracity of the quote (which comes from Business Insider, not the amorphous "internet"). A quote which Zuckerberg has never even bothered to deny. > it could be an urban legend or an internet echo or the reincarnation of tubgirl. Please.
robocat 4y ago
> named his company Meta in reference to a fictional dystopia Meta is a normal developer word - like Uber was. I personally never even knew there was a movie called Meta, although it is entirely obvious there should be at least one. Not saying Zuck wasn’t referencing the movie, but I am saying it is reasonably likely that wasn’t the reason.
- JohnFen 4y ago
  Uber was a normal developer word?? I don't remember hearing it used in developer circles. As to meta, yes, it's a common dev word. But Facebook is using it as short for "metaverse", which Zuck has admitted to lifting from Snow Crash's dystopian world.
  - scrollaway 4y ago
    Uber is a standard German word, which was often used in English as internet/gaming slang where you’d today use something like “hyper”, eg “uber awesome” or sometimes in video games “I am uber” (= “I am the best”).
    - JohnFen 4y ago
      Yes, it was used in gaming circles. I was questioning its use in dev circles.

stametseater 4y ago

> TL;DR: there is factual stuff Zuck does right in the open and is worse than a sketchy internet quote. All that shit lends credence to the veracity of the quote (which comes from Business Insider, not the amorphous "internet"). A quote which Zuckerberg has never even bothered to deny. > it could be an urban legend or an internet echo or the reincarnation of tubgirl. Please.

robocat 4y ago

> named his company Meta in reference to a fictional dystopia Meta is a normal developer word - like Uber was. I personally never even knew there was a movie called Meta, although it is entirely obvious there should be at least one. Not saying Zuck wasn’t referencing the movie, but I am saying it is reasonably likely that wasn’t the reason.

JohnFen 4y ago
Uber was a normal developer word?? I don't remember hearing it used in developer circles. As to meta, yes, it's a common dev word. But Facebook is using it as short for "metaverse", which Zuck has admitted to lifting from Snow Crash's dystopian world.
- scrollaway 4y ago
  Uber is a standard German word, which was often used in English as internet/gaming slang where you’d today use something like “hyper”, eg “uber awesome” or sometimes in video games “I am uber” (= “I am the best”).
  - JohnFen 4y ago
    Yes, it was used in gaming circles. I was questioning its use in dev circles.