Enter the Zuckerverse? Social media churns with new names for Facebook

By Nivedita Balu and Antonio Denti
FILE PHOTO Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg addresses the audience on quotthe challenges of protecting free speech while combating hate speech online fighting misinformation and political data privacy and securityquot at a forum hosted by Georgetown Universitys Institute of Politics and Public Service GU Politics and the McCourt School of Public Policy in Washington U.S. October 17 2019. REUTERSCarlos JassoFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: Facebook Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg addresses the audience on "the challenges of protecting free speech while combating hate speech online, fighting misinformation, and political data privacy and security," at a forum hosted by Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) and the McCourt School of Public Policy in Washington, U.S., October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso/File Photo

(Reuters) - Zuckerverse. Timesuck. Faceplant.

They're just a few of the suggestions being bandied around online following reports that Facebook plans to rebrand itself with a new group name. The company refused to comment on rumor or speculation, of course, but the Twitterati had no problem.

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