After news came out that Facebook is considering changing its name, a former Facebook employee has a theory about what it might be.
The internet basically exploded last night when The Verge reported that the embattled megacorporation Facebook is apparently considering changing its name. Jokey speculation about what the social media giant’s new name might be ran rampant, ranging from “ Bookface ” to “ Zuckussy .” But now a more serious suggestion — though still just a guess — has emerged, this time from Samidh Chakrabarti, who has moderate credibility given that he previously worked as Facebook’s civic integrity chief. “My best guess for the new name: ‘Meta,’” Chakrabarti wrote on Twitter early this morning. Meta would make branding sense, especially given The Verge ‘s reporting that the name change is intended to reestablish Facebook as a key player in the “metaverse,” which is founder Mark Zuckerberg’s preferred term for the trendy idea that augmented reality technology is soon going to create layers of visual content over everyday life.
