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Kinda feels like the X/Twitter one. When someone uses the new term you learn something about them

Remember there's only one side that says "I don't want to be judged for my vote". And it's because they know they're voting for abhorrent shit.

Do you call it Facebook or Meta?

Facebook. But Meta is slowly creeping in. Renaming a popular term takes years or decades.

Do I call what Facebook or Meta? You are talking about two separate things.

Not OP but I do still call it Facebook.

Faecebook

Facebook. I'm _kind_ of surprised they haven't changed it back yet, tbh; it is quite weird that the company is named after a failed product.

Brand name changes actually quite rarely take, in the long term. No point being over-eager to adopt them.

Depends on the context and who I'm talking to. That one makes a bit more sense because it is renaming the overarching company to separate itself from one of their products that is declining in popularity in some circle. It isn't unusual that people outside tech forget WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram are all the same company.

The term dates from the 90s at least. It's not a new term and I don't think we should stop using it just because the orange one has taken a liking to it.

[0] How Long Before Superintelligence? (1997) https://nickbostrom.com/papers/how-long-before-superintellig...

We said a lot of crazy stuff in the 90s but you won't catch me calling it The Information Superhighway in 2026

But... what do we call that-which-is-yet-to-emerge if that label gets used up now? Ultra Intelligence?

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