The Facebook rebrand to Meta brings with it a new stock symbol , new social media handles , and heavy critiques of the company’s new logo. Graphic design critics were predictably abuzz as soon as CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed the wordmark for Meta, Facebook’s new corporate brand, at the tail end of his 80-minute keynote at the Connect conference on Oct 28. “The word ‘meta’ comes from the Greek word [μετά] meaning ‘beyond,’” he explained, revealing an animated symbol that resembles an infinity symbol. “For me, it symbolizes that there is always more to build.” The logo has already been compared to a pretzel, a Pringle chip, a thigh master , IBM’s design thinking loop , Microsoft Visual Studio’s old avatar , and inevitably, a phallus .
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