Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook's parent company will be changing its name to Meta, and focus would begin to be focused on the Metaverse.

The Metaverse is the generic name for things that take place within computer-generated environments, such as creating an avatar that represents you and meeting with other avatars in a virtual classroom. This marks the beginning of an extreme shift, while Zuckerberg himself has been slowly making this transition over the past few years. The announcement brought a lot of memes as people began doing generic word and face swaps with the announcement image that was taken from the livestream.

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— Flavortown (@flavortown) October 28, 2021

This new Meta is cracked pic.twitter.com/jn8KFRGSNs

— 100 Thieves Esports (@100T_Esports) October 28, 2021

This would have been way more meta pic.twitter.com/qeNg8YZhvm

— Morning Brew ☕️ (@MorningBrew) October 28, 2021

Genuinely weird logo to choose #meta pic.twitter.com/fcTfqkUl8z

— Danny Wallace (@dannywallace) October 28, 2021

While some people were busy trying to make memes using that format, others were making referential memes that played on the fact that the Facebook Company was changing its name at all. Compounding how funny the situation is, Facebook is currently finding itself in a new sticky tangle of troubles, including leaked documents detailing several issues in regards to misinformation and bias in rule enforcement.

How to solve a business problem:
Simply change the name 😏#Meta pic.twitter.com/BfJGGPI2ZS

— adeen ✌🏻✨ (@ade_af_) October 28, 2021

Mark Zuckerberg trying fixing Facebook:#Meta pic.twitter.com/Xgqlp5IpGB

— Shehroz (@JattBruce) October 28, 2021

Zuckerberg: Into the Metaverse #Metaverse #META pic.twitter.com/AYLSxIV0sf

— Facebook Ads Guy (@FacebookAdsGuy) October 28, 2021

"Ever since I Meta girl like you ,I'll never switch up like Facebook" pic.twitter.com/wDZuO7as1n

— chun swae. (@girl_kaybee) October 28, 2021