Discussion

• @alexeheath Alex Heath on x

  - last value, and I am not making this up: “Meta, metamates, me” A slide shows this text in bold all caps next to Zuck talking I am told Zuck said this without laughing and explained it had to do with a story about ships and shipmates

• @boztank @boztank on x

  @alexeheath Fun fact: Metamates was coined by none other than Douglas Hofstadter himself after an employee cold emailed him for ideas after our rebrand. I love it! Also the saying is a reference to a Naval phrase which Instagram has used for a while “Ship, Shipmates, Self”

• @shiraovide Shira Ovide on x

  In today's On Tech: Why “Metamates”? Or why are tech workers called proper nouns at all? Why are there Googlers, Dashers, HubSpotters, Toasters, Pinployees, Twilions, Palantirians, Splunkers, Boxers, Coinbaes and Puritans? (Those are real!) https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @adamweinstein Adam Weinstein on x

  It's “Ship, Shipmate, Self” and I'm so tired https://twitter.com/...

• @karenlsweeney Karen Sweeney on x

  I wonder how much they paid the person who came up with “build awesome things”. https://twitter.com/...

• @jennschiffer Jenn on x

  i emphatically agree! i occasionally get asked what people should refer to glitch employees as, and i'm like...glitch employees https://twitter.com/...

• @bmorrissey Brian Morrissey on x

  Expecting people to take on a corporate identity has to be uniquely American and is clearly not reading the room at the moment when people are reevaluating the role of work in their lives. https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @kateconger O...K on x

  curious what the Tweeps think! https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @morningbrew @morningbrew on x

  ima tell my kids this was the metamates https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @searls Justin Searls on x

  I would have gone with Metastases https://www.nytimes.com/...

• @forrestbrazeal Forrest Brazeal on x

  Facebook employees are now “Metamates”. (?) Can't wait for: LinkedIn -> Inmates Amazon -> Primates Tinder -> Intimates Jira -> Underestimates Postmates -> Postmatemates

• @deslucrece @deslucrece on x

  Gm, metamates

• @willoremus Will Oremus on x

  Hard to pick the single funniest part of Facebook's “move fast and rename things” campaign but quietly dropping the slogan “Be Open” after Frances Haugen leaked all their internal slide decks has to be up there. https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

• @willoremus Will Oremus on x

  I guess “Facebook First” didn't have quite the right ring https://twitter.com/...

• @jeffnolan Jeff Nolan on x

  “move fast together” means you can only move as fast as the slowest person. https://twitter.com/...

• @js_thrill @js_thrill on x

  This is pronounced like a Greek philosopher's name and that's canon no one can change my mind https://t.co/yQCmCuzuJb

• @rmac18 Ryan Metamac on x

  The professor who told Facebook/Meta to call their employees “Metamates” had no idea the company actually implemented his suggestion and said he avoids all social media. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @ihnatko Andy Ihnatko on x

  I know that Zuckerberg was trying to co-opt a classic Navy credo, but still, JHFC. If you're working for a CEO that tells you “Put my $600B company, of which you own no equity stake, first. Your needs come no higher than third”...RUN. This man is deeply delusional. https://twitte…

• @vladsavov Vlad Savov on x

  “Meta, Metamates, Me” Puts the company first, the worker last, and fills the middle with embarrassment. Perfect. https://www.bloomberg.com/...

• @mattyglesias Matthew Yglesias on x

  Meta has done way better than Alphabet at getting people to remember the new name.