People Are Reacting To Facebook Changing Its Name To "Meta" And Here Are 30 Of The Funniest Memes
We are talking about that big online platform with the blue thumbs up and everything!
Facebook’s rebrand to Meta did not exactly arrive quietly. The announcement instantly turned into a meme factory, with people online poking fun at the name change, the timing, and the idea that a new label could solve old problems.
For many users, Facebook is still Facebook, no matter what the parent company calls itself. That gap between the official rebrand and everyday habit is exactly what made the reaction so funny, and so easy for the internet to run with.
Here are 30 of the best memes people shared after the Meta announcement.
1. A story I'm going to tell my grandkids someday
MeAloneInMyMind2. And it makes so much sense
careaware3. And it's all fixed with a name change
itsjackoconnor
The internet was not impressed.
4. We don't have a problem with your name
MeidasTouch
5. He chose that route over the other way
Impritam67
6. Twitter will never cease to amaze me
Twitter
7. It isn't any worse as a name
JimMFelton
8. Making the headlines this morning...
BuschBeer
9. Okay
amandahess
People kept finding new ways to make the same joke.
10. Lol... The Meta with me is Face Book!
WorkSight
11. It's definitely going to take some time
TheDailyShow
12. And just like that, Meta is gone
JamesGleick
13. It's the description for me
StaticLoFi
14. Whatever you choose to call it, dear...
Wendys
15. A glimmer of hope
Rschooley
16. Explaining it will be a long homework assignment
girl_kaybee
Even the explanations became part of the joke.
It’s giving the same chaotic energy as someone changing the family reunion venue last minute without consulting anyone.
17. I'd like to know as well
joncoopertweets
18. It's all in your head
Design You Trust
19. Well, most people think so too
ParikPatelCFA
20. Lol... It's gonna get fictional
grantstern
21. Interesting
maxgoff
22. Someone placed it in his eyes...
Danny Wallace
23. No notes needed
delia_cai
24. A brief for you
LightsCameraPod
25. What can I say?
brianklaas
26. Lol... Okay, that's one way to explain it
BrandyLJensen
27. Zuckerberg with a bottle of Sweet Baby Ray
MYSTIC7
28. Someone has dissected the meaning for us
VB_Abishek
29. Use meta to get some feta cheese
Tarquin_Helmet
30. So far as there's a "ta" to it
peacefulcyborg
For most people, the new name did not change the way they felt about the platform at all.
Facebook may be Meta on paper, but the jokes are still calling it by its old name.
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