Shopify is acquiring the Threads team • Hacker News Board

Re: Shopify is acquiring the Threads team

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Post by Shadowmist » Fri, Jun 07, 2024, 4:29 AM UTC

nomilk wrote: post #35

shawnz wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The login page is enlightening: > A Slack replacement, not a social app from Instagram

Wish I noticed this before reading the whole announcement!

I wonder if Shopify bought the wrong one on accident.

Re: Shopify is acquiring the Threads team

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Post by meiraleal » Fri, Jun 07, 2024, 4:30 AM UTC

alberth wrote: post #28

With Shopify shutting down threads so quickly, what’s the play here? Use the talent to build chat functionality, so that merchants can add that as a feature to their website?

What talent? Luck? Whatever need Shopify has requested to chat they can develop easily

Re: Shopify is acquiring the Threads team

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Post by jojobas » Fri, Jun 07, 2024, 4:30 AM UTC

fsckboy wrote: post #25

evancharles wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Threads is a Slack replacement designed for makers," from https://www.linkedin.com/company/threadsgroupinc/

"... and made by makers!"

By designers, rather.

Re: Shopify is acquiring the Threads team

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Post by paxys » Fri, Jun 07, 2024, 4:30 AM UTC

alberth wrote: post #28

With Shopify shutting down threads so quickly, what’s the play here? Use the talent to build chat functionality, so that merchants can add that as a feature to their website?

I doubt there's a play. Shopify is just hiring a team of smart developers who have a track record of working well with each other, without needing to go through a long recruiting process.

Re: Shopify is acquiring the Threads team

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 07, 2024, 4:30 AM UTC

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Re: Shopify is acquiring the Threads team

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Post by ComodoHacker » Fri, Jun 07, 2024, 4:31 AM UTC

evancharles wrote: post #13

pinkmuffinere wrote: post #6

Even after clicking around a bit, I still can’t tell what this “threads” is. Can anyone offer a summary?

"Threads is a Slack replacement designed for makers," from https://www.linkedin.com/company/threadsgroupinc/

Is it a pun, hinting that Slack is for slackers?

Re: Shopify is acquiring the Threads team

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 07, 2024, 4:32 AM UTC

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Re: Shopify is acquiring the Threads team

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Post by ilrwbwrkhv » Fri, Jun 07, 2024, 4:33 AM UTC

Why is Shopify buying random companies? Their strategy seems off for a while.

Re: Shopify is acquiring the Threads team

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Post by sattoshi » Fri, Jun 07, 2024, 4:34 AM UTC

sentientslug wrote: post #38

sattoshi wrote: post #32

These acquihire posts read so cheery. Why? You’re killing a product that at least 1 person depended on. Why are you pretending that this is exciting for them?

It’s exciting for the people getting paid

Clearly, but who is the post for? Is it for their parents, or their customers? It reads like the former.

Re: Shopify is acquiring the Threads team

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Post by alex_young » Fri, Jun 07, 2024, 4:36 AM UTC

mgiampapa wrote: post #12

Well, Meta paid 10m for fb.com (and had to promise not to ever get into farming), so I guess threads.com is probably worth the same ballpark to them. Edit, I'm remembering wrong, it was 8.5m.

Interesting quote on that one:

"The farm bureau has agreed to give us FB.com and we in return have agreed to not sell Farm subsidies."

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-pays-85-million-for-fb...