FACEBOOK BLOGPOST (week 5)

Week #5 

Have We META?

Facebook is changing its name! I truly never thought that I would live to see the day. Mark Zuckerberg is an enigma, truly. He is brilliant, I cannot take that away from him. However, he is not without his faults, his several faults. 

I think Zuckerberg's plan to infiltrate the Metaverse is clever, but I was not shocked. In fact, I almost feel like we could have all seen this coming from a mile away. He does not strike me as the type to sit back and watch technology evolve without somehow making it all about himself. 

I think, though, the timing was rather funny. I mean, all this time to have rebranded and he chooses the exact moment Facebook is under fire! How convenient! I just think that maybe the worst time to rebrand is when your platform is battling accusations and proof of commandeering the spread of misinformation. 

Perhaps, when all is said and done, this will have been a good idea. Maybe it is a good idea already, who am I to judge? I do believe the Metaverse is the future, though. Big things are ahead in the realm of technology and communication. I am not entirely sure if these big things are good or bad, but maybe we will not find out until we see them before us.

Image by Thought Catalog

Isaac, Mike. “Facebook Renames Itself Meta.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 28 Oct. 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/28/technology/facebook-meta-name-change.html#:~:text=Facebook's%20name%20change%20is%20largely,original%20brand%20name%20of%20Oculus.