Meta has 30 days to stop using the name

  • @[email protected]
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    6011 months ago

    Why was he hell bent on using the name Threads. Every time I hear it makes me think of the Dragon Riders or Pern. Not messaging app. Fuck Meta hope the real Threads company wins.

    • @[email protected]
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      4511 months 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

      • sour
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        11 months ago

        social media platform called posts when

      • no banana
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        911 months ago

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

      • @[email protected]
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        511 months ago

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

        • Daniel
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          411 months ago

          Or a social media platform called “X.”

      • @[email protected]
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        311 months 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.

    • anonionfinelyminced
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      1111 months ago

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

    • Chris
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      511 months ago

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

    • Jolteon
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      211 months ago

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