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Mark Zuckerberg speaks during a virtual Meta Connect event in New York on October 11. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg/Getty Images Facebook/Instragram/WhatsApp owner Meta Platforms (META) is hurting right now. Growth has stagnated. Users and advertisers aren’t particularly happy. The company’s push into the metaverse, i.e. virtual/augmented reality, has turned out to be a money pit. Meta’s Reality…