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.

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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.

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Here are 30 of the best memes people shared after the Meta announcement.

1. A story I'm going to tell my grandkids someday

1. A story I'm going to tell my grandkids somedayMeAloneInMyMind
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2. And it makes so much sense

2. And it makes so much sensecareaware
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3. And it's all fixed with a name change

3. And it's all fixed with a name changeitsjackoconnor

The internet was not impressed.

4. We don't have a problem with your name

4. We don't have a problem with your nameMeidasTouch

5. He chose that route over the other way

5. He chose that route over the other wayImpritam67

6. Twitter will never cease to amaze me

6. Twitter will never cease to amaze meTwitter

7. It isn't any worse as a name

7. It isn't any worse as a nameJimMFelton

8. Making the headlines this morning...

8. Making the headlines this morning...BuschBeer

9. Okay

Meme reaction to Facebook rebranding as Meta, people discussing headlinesamandahess

People kept finding new ways to make the same joke.

10. Lol... The Meta with me is Face Book!

10. Lol... The Meta with me is Face Book!WorkSight

11. It's definitely going to take some time

11. It's definitely going to take some timeTheDailyShow

12. And just like that, Meta is gone

12. And just like that, Meta is goneJamesGleick

13. It's the description for me

13. It's the description for meStaticLoFi

14. Whatever you choose to call it, dear...

14. Whatever you choose to call it, dear...Wendys

15. A glimmer of hope

15. A glimmer of hopeRschooley

16. Explaining it will be a long homework assignment

16. Explaining it will be a long homework assignmentgirl_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

17. I'd like to know as welljoncoopertweets

18. It's all in your head

18. It's all in your headDesign You Trust

19. Well, most people think so too

19. Well, most people think so tooParikPatelCFA

20. Lol... It's gonna get fictional

20. Lol... It's gonna get fictionalgrantstern

21. Interesting

21. Interestingmaxgoff

22. Someone placed it in his eyes...

22. Someone placed it in his eyes...Danny Wallace

23. No notes needed

23. No notes neededdelia_cai

24. A brief for you

24. A brief for youLightsCameraPod

25. What can I say?

25. What can I say?brianklaas

26. Lol... Okay, that's one way to explain it

26. Lol... Okay, that's one way to explain itBrandyLJensen

27. Zuckerberg with a bottle of Sweet Baby Ray

27. Zuckerberg with a bottle of Sweet Baby RayMYSTIC7

28. Someone has dissected the meaning for us

28. Someone has dissected the meaning for usVB_Abishek

29. Use meta to get some feta cheese

29. Use meta to get some feta cheeseTarquin_Helmet

30. So far as there's a "ta" to it

30. So far as there's a "ta" to itpeacefulcyborg

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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