[mazlix]

I think this meta.company was made specifically to profit off of this moment.

WHOIS meta.company shows changes last made 10/26

It also looks suspiciously like WHOIS metaverse.company (same uncommon domain registrar [donuts.domains] and same last changed at date 10/26

Also the company listed at the bottom Meta, LLC in Illinois shows it was filed 9/1 of this year: https://apps.ilsos.gov/corporatellc/CorporateLlcController

[jjulius]

I don't think this [name redacted] guy is actually taking this seriously. His FB profile is almost entirely empty, with only a link to his website at the same time he posted to HN (and liked by only one person, whose FB profile is equally empty), and a profile pic that combines The Rock and Doge.

Edit: I commented on the meta.company website link on his FB profile asking for more info/insight, and my comment was deleted and comments are now disabled.

It also says a lot that they used a throwaway account to post this only on HN, and haven't bothered responding to anyone in this thread.

Edit 2: The public post on their profile linking to their website is now at least made private.

[frisco]

Donuts isn't a registrar, they're a company that got setup when ICANN started allowing anyone to apply to create gTLDs, and they really innovated on setting up tons of them for profit. They own the .company TLD.

[mazlix]

Ah yeah and I’m noticing every .company gTLD has that same changed date so that’s actually not useful info.

The company being filed 9/1 is a bit suspicious, but I guess that’s a bit before the announcement. That companies manager matches the name at the bottom of this page so it’s definitely the same LLC

[farazzz]

Yeah, their instagram and twitter and completely empty besides this post, created in the past month too