Facebook changes to Meta, Is Social Media Dying?

So, we have seen a lot of things happening in the past year, some were life-changing some were just too awesome to describe, while there is one change that has left pretty much most people in shock. That is Facebook changing to meta. And the first question that arose is – Is social media dying?

Continuing this article, you will be able to figure out what was the reason that Facebook changed from its legendary branding to Meta.

Being a social geek and a researcher, i can say there there is always another side of the story. If we look from 2 perspectives we can see that there are different scenarios in which we can see this change. So, in this article, we will look forward to situations of why Facebook changed to meta? And, is it because social media is dying?

Facebook –

Facebook is a social media application and site, which was started way back in 2004. It was created by the current CEO Mark Zukerberg. When Facebook was started, it wasn’t the real competition. Just because Orkut had a large market share in social media users. While the news suggests that Orkut was once buying Facebook and the deal didn’t go forward. But, what a turn had Facebook made in Social media. By 2006, anyone with a valid email address and above 13 years could join Facebook. While today Facebook has about more than 1 billion active users worldwide. And on the other hand, Orkut is now no more.

So, with this achievement of killing Orkut, Facebook achieved many heights. Connecting people from regions to friends, creating a network of friends, and building a marketplace on Facebook. All this made Facebook stand above all the social media platforms. While Facebook kept growing and increasing its user base from hundreds to thousands to millions and billions, it became clear that a lot of data was being shared to and fro; So, so Facebook started to set up data centers and started employing people.

While they kept growing their features and stood at the top of social media platforms, On the other hand, Facebook was every time sued for its privacy policy and data-related laws. Which did not affect their user base but, certainly created a hole in their profile.

So, whenever there is Facebook, its side name as data manipulator and seller was also there. So, this concludes our first point why Facebook could have changed to meta.

As Facebook kept on increasing the features and adding new-new functionality every month, It had to reach its peak someday. And researchers and critics think that Facebook has reached that peak. So, rather than stuffing Facebook with unnecessary stuff, previously named Facebook Meta and brought all the products under Meta.

What is Meta –

Meta is a company previously known as Meta. In ancient Greek, the term meta means Beyond and as we have looked above, Facebook had reached its peak. So it could be moving beyond the revolution of Facebook to enter in new Reality. And, this is not surprising at all the meaning of the word meta and what Facebook is planning.

From the video press releases, conferences, and streams what meta proposed to become is beyond our thinking. A virtual world created with Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality! Where there are several possibilities and benefits. Possibilities to create new things, an experience beyond our imagination, and do things that we wanted to do for years in our real life.

Meta is focused on bringing Metaverse together. While some say that this could be another Coin scam, some say that previously known Facebook is capable of pulling it off. Metaverse is or will be a virtual reality space, where the users can experience a computer-generated environment without even being present.

Facebook in Social Media –

Meta along with Facebook and Messenger have bought Whatsapp which is known as a private social messaging application and Instagram which was known to be a photo-sharing space.

If looked combine all these 4 messaging applications are the top 4 social media applications on any store like the apple store or play store.

Facebook is the tech giant of social media platforms and provided people with far more options to use and safeguard themselves from others. You can create an account for yourself by just using an email or a phone number. Not only this, the same account can be connected to multiple Facebook platforms i.e Messenger, Instagram, Oculus(a VR Game, App store by Meta).

Conclusion –

So, as we have reached the end of our discussion, I will leave it to you to decide whether social media is dying or not. Or is it that Facebook is trying to build new technology. While if Meta is going towards new tech, will it be easy for users to shift all their data to a company that has been allegedly dragged into many lawsuits mainly of data stealing, and data scandal cases?