Comment on Threads (Not That Threads) Tells Meta It Had the Name First

• glimse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I agree with the last sentence but Threads seems like a completely appropriate name for the service. Online conversations have been called threads for decades

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  • sour@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    inb4 socia media platform called posts

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  • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Right but it could’ve had a nonsense name, like Troods.

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    • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      …Troods would have been enough for me to try it out so fair point

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      • ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’d fucking love Troods.

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  • Aqarius@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That just makes it too generic to trademark then. Imagine an automaker called “Cars”.

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  • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The name just reminds me of the film. So I just assume that like the film the site is nightmare fuel and avoid it.

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• anonionfinelyminced@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  "Drummer, beat, and piper, blow,
  Harper, strike, and soldier, go.
  Free the flame and sear the grasses
  Till the dawning Red Star passes."

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• i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  It makes me think of the apocalyptic nuclear war drama. Quite appropriate.

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• DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A dragon must fly when there are Threads in the sky.

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• Jolteon@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  To be fair, apps like that do tend to encourage people to isolate themselves at home, rather than going to meet people outside.

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