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You think is Facebook trying to just wash their hands as Facebook itself will become part of a bigger conglomerate created by themselves?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 3 years ago

If you rebrand cancer as jaundice, it does not become jaundice.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Don't really see a reason too. Idk if it's just a way to confuse the boomers or if there is an actual reason in the legal sense.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

Yes, legally it chanches a lot of thing, since now there is actually a parent company managing all.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago (1 children)

So its just like Alphabet/Google? Dont think that actually changed anything.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

Doesn't it reduce legal risks to the parent company?

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 3 years ago

Yes, its like sending an old lady to beauty center, she looks good, but till full of health issues. only they people who don`t understand how bad is facbook as corporate will see this is a good thing.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 3 years ago

They've likely been laying the groundwork for years, but the timing is certain to meet the expectations of cynics - after all, changing the company name after a scandal is the oldest trick in the book.

This simple rebranding will likely ease a lot of the public pressure on Facebook.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

the bigger story here is... will they also ditch the "blue" theme with the arrival of the new logo? You can bet your ass they will.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 years ago

Meta = metadata.

Avoid anything/anyone that/who hoards it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 years ago

All there's left is disguising that really only the brand changed