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Ask HN: Meta Question Does FAANG Become Maang or Manga?

46 pointsby kbendykover 3 years ago
Any other ideas on the new name?

25 comments

sandyarmstrongover 3 years ago
My favorite take: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;jspaleta&#x2F;status&#x2F;1453798341347708930" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;jspaleta&#x2F;status&#x2F;1453798341347708930</a><p>&quot;I work for the MAAAN&quot;
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pedalpeteover 3 years ago
MAGMA (Microsoft, Apple, Google, Meta, Amazon).<p>I&#x27;ve never understood why Netflix was equated with the bigger companies. It&#x27;s market cap is $300B the others (excluding Facebook) are all above $1T, and Facebook&#x2F;Meta has a chance of breaking the $1T in the next year.
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eunosover 3 years ago
Kick out Netflix. MAGA<p>Tell your Silicon Valley friends that you work at MAGA
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bin_bashover 3 years ago
GAMMA—kick out Netflix and put in Microsoft
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deeblering4over 3 years ago
I say shuffle companies around until it’s BANANA
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rsj_hnover 3 years ago
Naw, I doubt &quot;meta&quot; will take off in the public consciousness. &quot;Facebook&quot; is already too well known.
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mindcrimeover 3 years ago
Anybody else think this renaming will go down in history as right up there with &quot;Inprise&quot;[1]?<p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.computerworld.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2589416&#x2F;inprise-to-change-its---name-back-to-borland.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.computerworld.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;2589416&#x2F;inprise-to-cha...</a>
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rossdavidhover 3 years ago
Or GNAAM, pronounced like &#x27;nam, the way some Americans refer to the Vietnam war.<p>If G -&gt; A (for Alphabet), then it&#x27;s NAAAM
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idworks1over 3 years ago
On a serious note, the G in FAANG is for Alphabet.
vgchhover 3 years ago
MAAMAN<p>- Microsoft Amazon Alphabet Meta Apple Netflix
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lmiller1990over 3 years ago
In Japan we say &quot;GAFA&quot; - Google Amazon Facebook Apple.
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rvzover 3 years ago
Replace Netflix with Microsoft then you either have:<p><pre><code> GAMMA or MAGMA </code></pre> Google, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon.<p>or<p>Meta, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon.<p>Both seem to work. But I&#x27;d go with GAMMA.
myowzover 3 years ago
G already became alphabet, no one cared right?
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biscottigelatoover 3 years ago
I have no idea why FAANG is still a thing. Of the trillion dollars companies, Meta&#x2F;FB is no longer one of them. Netflix no idea how they even got part of the league.<p>Should be ATAMA - Apple, Tesla, Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet.<p>But really, it will be BTS - Bitcoin, Tesla and SpaceX. The $10T club.
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short12over 3 years ago
Or just ignore the name change like people did with the Sears tower or miller park
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etiamover 3 years ago
Some people started early on this one in the post with the name change announcement<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=29029385" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=29029385</a>
lukehutchover 3 years ago
Kind of a silly question when we&#x27;re not saying FAANA rather than FAANG.
arthurkizitoover 3 years ago
MAMATA - These Represent the 6 Largest Companies in the S&amp;P 500 By Market Cap<p>Microsoft - Technology Sector<p>Apple - Technology Sector<p>Meta - Communication Services Sector<p>Alphabet - Communication Services Sector<p>Tesla - Consumer Cyclical Sector<p>Amazon - Consumer Cyclical Sector
corysamaover 3 years ago
If we go with MAANG, can I pronounce it like &quot;mange&quot;?
arthurkizitoover 3 years ago
Lets all settle on MAMAA<p>M - Microsoft ( Technology Sector )<p>A - Apple ( Technology Sector )<p>M - Meta ( Communication Services Sector )<p>A - Alphabet ( Communication Services Sector )<p>A - Amazon ( Consumer Cyclical Sector )
908B64B197over 3 years ago
An ESL speaker once used &quot;FAGMAN&quot;.<p>We chuckled.
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taylodlover 3 years ago
Why can’t it be MAGAN? Pronounce it as like the name “Megan” and maybe we can get more girls into stem?
mvanveenover 3 years ago
The only way to find out is to consult the world wide WEEB
xtractoover 3 years ago
In that case Google would be replaced by Alphabet no?
sbierwagenover 3 years ago
MMAGA. Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, Google, Apple.