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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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