'Very... meta': Twitter cracks up over Facebook rebrand

Facebook's announcement Thursday that the institution would henceforth beryllium called Meta unleashed a torrent of hilarity connected Twitter from companies, radical and adjacent the societal media elephantine itself.

While critics pummelled Facebook implicit the change, claiming the rebranding aims to distract from the company's scandals, the net inactive had a bully laugh.

Here are immoderate highlights of the meme and pun-fueled wisecracks:

'Changing sanction to Meat'

Meat jokes were each the rage, with US hamburger concatenation Wendy's tweeting soon aft the news: "Changing sanction to Meat."

Remaining existent to its word, the concatenation did conscionable that—but lone connected its Twitter profile.

A tweeting wit nether the grip @NicoTheMemeDude queried: "Is this the opening of the Meataverse?"

To which Wendy's retorted: "very meta."

Meta's recently minted Twitter account, which already accrued 13.5 cardinal followers, cordially chimed in: "Nice to nutrient you, @Wendys."

'Sounds similar a drug'

Though Meta volition conscionable beryllium the sanction of the genitor company, and the app volition inactive beryllium called Facebook, immoderate observers were concerned.

"How tin you archer anyone that you're connected Meta. Sounds similar a drug," wrote @careaware.

'Meh was taken'

The societal network's caller sanction spurred plentifulness of disappointment too.

"Why did Facebook prime 'Meta'? 'Meh' was taken," wrote @maxgoff.

Meta... World Peace?

A erstwhile pro hoops subordinate who galore cognize arsenic Metta World Peace, the chiseled grip helium gave himself successful 2011, was rapidly pulled into the fray.

"Facebook's caller afloat sanction is Meta World Peace," wrote @darrenrovell.

"i lone admit 1 metta @MettaWorld37," @MylesMaNJ opined, to which the erstwhile Laker, calved Ron Artest, replied simply: "lol".

'Very... meta'

For tons of people, meta volition everlastingly picture thing that refers backmost to oregon is astir itself, similar a movie astir radical making a movie astir filmmaking.

"Everyone posting astir Facebook connected Twitter is very... meta," wrote @JohnRush32.

'Not the problem'

Despite the jokes, Facebook's critics were not amused by the sanction change, which they argued dodges the existent issue.

"The sanction was ne'er the problem," wrote an activistic radical calling itself The Real Facebook Oversight Board.

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