What does Meta actually do now?
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Go to a beach. Find a conch shell. Put it to your ear. What do you hear? That’s right. “Meta.”
It’s a name we hear all the time, alongside its founder Mark Zuckerberg. But what does Meta – formerly Facebook – actually do now? Lets uncover.
Alex Heath, independent journalist and creator of the newsletter “Sources.” It’s a great newsletter, subscribe: https://sources.news/
Mike Isaac, Silicon Valley Correspondent at the New York Times. Follow Mike here: https://x.com/MikeIsaac
A bunch of anonymous current/former Meta employees.
Mark Mahaney, Senior Managing Director at Evercore and head of their internet research team. Follow Mark here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-mahaney-433bb0/
Audience engagement: Jen Walsh
Thumbnail design: Tom Grillo
Creators: Jack Stebbins, Henry Stockwell, Dan Toomey
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@zerolegel
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
Very clever to call Artificial Intelligence, AI. You should copyright that.
@jergervasi3331
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
Will AI also say "like" every 3 f***ing seconds???
@privateaccount9740
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
Oh yeah, before Meta there was nothing… Your 🧠 = 💩
@_kh3lluxv66
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
I giggled because of the editing, it's adorable. Golden video in this economy of terror
@donatovillalba3629
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
Pathetic how Mike gave Zuckerberg props…
@JFUXX
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
LOVE THE LICENSE PLATE!
@NE_RC
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
"Poke eachother r4w" 💀
@judahmoar2533
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
20:40 I don't think working yourself to death when you don't have to out of deep insecurity is a virtue lol
@paul-andrehenegar551
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
Fun fact: before the name "Meta" was decided upon, Facebook (the company) tried to rebrand themselves as F A C E B O O K, to differentiate themselves from facebook (the website)
@Requiem100500
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
Steal personal data
@alexander_a52
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
The world of atoms is coming back! We were promised flying cars but instead got the metaverse…
@JohnDoeSr
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
NYT Is propaganda
@naujelbr
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
They sell ads on Instagram. That is their business. The end.
@MeowWoof-m2s
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
The only person I know at Amazon that lasted long enough for their stock to be vested was the most miserable man I have ever met.
@Bekcass
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
So basically what did I learn
@jt4351
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
I would never disrespect Daddy Dan
@TamiraaSanjaajav
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
20:50 This mark Zuckerberg propaganda is not going to work on me
@karmaceng24
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
Hey Dan I am going to a work event in NY in 2 weeks what's the weather like?
@TheAmericanaScrapbook
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
You left out the genocide in Myanmar that Facebook caused.
@RCVW-y4x
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
Zucc isn't Caucasian. All semite
@gnosticmind
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
One of the best days of my life was when Facebook permanently banned me for telling right wing morons what scumbags and idiots they are in comment sections
@dr.erelevant9204
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
Jesus this was more boring than letting Gemini interview Zuckerfuk
@jerome-nw
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
11:37 How come there are no captions for the part where the employees talks about golden handcuffs and other controversial topics?
@ropro9817
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
I look forward to the AI bubble crash and Meta losing another $80B 🤞
@iedamarcondes
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
That journalist giving props for Zuckerberg's maniacal search for validation… Sure, man, that's totally a good thing and not at all a curse on this world.
@vapesmokeoblivion69
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
That first reporter was incredibly sassy. Very inappropriate.
@half-faust
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
My immediate response to the Meta name-change was that it sounded like some fictional evil corporation. In retrospect, I think that's giving them too much credit; they're not even fun evil.
@ropro9817
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
Good Work: I dare you to ask Cory Doctorow what Meta does 😂
@shanonsnyder9450
May 10, 2026 at 12:04 am
Zuckerberg is Jewish.