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Same name, same industry - digital messaging.
If Meta didn’t have a massive amount of money and lawyers, this would be a VERY easy case to win.
Meta decided they wanted the name, tried to buy it, and then opted to knowingly rip it out of a smaller company’s hands. What a bunch of assholes.
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.
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
social media platform called posts when
Right but it could've had a nonsense name, like Troods.
....Troods would have been enough for me to try it out so fair point
I'd fucking love Troods.
That just makes it too generic to trademark then. Imagine an automaker called "Cars".
Or a social media platform called "X."
The name just reminds me of the film. So I just assume that like the film the site is nightmare fuel and avoid it.
"Drummer, beat, and piper, blow,
Harper, strike, and soldier, go.
Free the flame and sear the grasses
Till the dawning Red Star passes."
It makes me think of the apocalyptic nuclear war drama. Quite appropriate.
A dragon must fly when there are Threads in the sky.
To be fair, apps like that do tend to encourage people to isolate themselves at home, rather than going to meet people outside.
Yeah, it's really surprising that an ethical, upstanding company like Meta would pull a dick move like that. It's so out of character.
the hardest I've laughed this week 🥲
It seems like money shouldn't be able to buy a win in court for something so obvious, but here we are.
Facebook did this before
https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/19/23270164/meta-augmented-reality-facebook-lawsuit