Facebook changed its company name to Meta. Here's how the internet reacted

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Facebook changed its company name to Meta. Here's how the internet reacted
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News of Facebook's new company name, Meta, quickly attracted the scorn of the internet.

"The only meta we acknowledge," tweeted writer Mitchell Clark, who posted a picture of former NBA player Meta World Peace . the only meta we acknowledge pic.twitter.com/xLkocXfWoV

— love yo self October 28, 2021 "'Meta' is short for 'I meta girl in high school who I had a huge crush on only to find her years later on Facebook posting anti-vax links and Tom Hanks pedophile theories,'" tweeted comedy writer Matt Oswalt.

— Matt 🎃swalt October 28, 2021 "Stop trying to make meta happen," tweeted producer Adam Lance Garcia with a picture of Regina George from the hit 2004 film"Mean Girls."stop trying to make meta happen pic.twitter.com/L3ZSckEAl0 — Adam Lance Garcia October 28, 2021 The name change comes as the company shifts its focus to the"metaverse," which refers to efforts to combine virtual and augmented reality technologies in a new online realm.

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