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[–] tabular 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wish users did that more often. Is there any reason to say "Meta" instead of "Facebook"?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Well it makes sense when referring to the company because they own a bunch of popular brands like Instagram, WhatsApp, etc. Twitter just has Twitter so it doesn't matter as much.

[–] tabular 1 points 2 years ago

I don't understand. What's does saying "Meta owns WhatsApp" do which saying "Facebook owns WhatsApp" does not do? A disadvantage is my non-tech literate coworkers and family probably wouldn't know what I'm talking if I said Meta.