Facebook's Meta renaming is a bet on the power of founder control, and is about a future that doesn't yet exist, but one that Zuckerberg believes needs to
Stratechery Ben Thompson
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Discussion
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@gregisenberg
Greg Isenberg
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BREAKING: FB is now being rebranded to “Meta” The real story isn't Facebook is moving toward the metaverse and web3 The real story is that the path towards web3 and the metaverse is pretty unstoppable Facebook knows this and you know it https://twitter.com/...
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@evleaks
@evleaks
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Meta https://twitter.com/...
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@balajis
Balaji Srinivasan
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Meta comment on Meta Notice that Zuck went direct with his announcement. And when he decided to give an interview, he gave it to a smart independent like Stratechery, not a legacy media corporation. And it's a good interview. https://stratechery.com/...
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@harrymccracken
Harry McCracken
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I find this sad somehow. Oculus is a great brand and it feels like it's getting caught in Facebook's crossfire. But it's interesting to see that Meta, unlike Alphabet WILL be consumer-facing. https://www.theverge.com/...
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@thatguytagg
@thatguytagg
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God it super blows that the only company taking Virtual Reality and Alternate Reality seriously is the one that is hell-bent on commercializing the innate social aspect of humanity, publicly exploits that power AND willingly lets others exploit it too!!! :)) very cool!! https://t…