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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by genericuser314 on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @11:30AM (#28931922)
to arbitrarily remove... for arbitrary reasons.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Popular English has taken a real hit in the last few years.

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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by worldeva on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:54PM (#28933716)
If we're being pedantic, I'll one up you: The removal being arbitrary does not require that the reason is arbitrary; see: selective enforcement. :p
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Re:Facebook plans to change its name as part of company rebrand by BoxOfRain on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @12:39PM (#28932805)
I'm not sure failing to proofread a throwaway comment on a social news site indicates anything about the state of popular English.
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