We know what you're thinking, but why 'Meta'? Apparently, Zuckerberg and co. chose Meta as a name because it can mean 'beyond'. Meta explains that "This next chapter is a future made by all of us that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today — beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance and even physics." We can appreciate Meta's attempt at making its new name sound as inspirational as possible, but we can't help but think that technology "beyond the constraints of screens" sounds fairly terrifying. 

For days now, the design has been ridiculed by the internet in a hilarious fashion, and despite Meta's best efforts to explain the new design, people aren't warming to the rebrand. Over on Twitter, someone said the design reminded them of "droopy dog eyes, and now we can't unsee it.