I don't see a ton of actual people or friends posting on there. I do see a ton of brands, though.
Is there a way to see corporate brands on the Slack-alternative-Threads, or is this comment about the Twitter-alternative-Threads?
Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge
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Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge
#12Funny, Meta just went through the same trouble with the name 'Meta'.
Who or what is a meta. Everyone knows what facebook is though.
Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge
#13It really was a huge L to not have threads.com
Such a bizarre decision too. This is the best chance Meta had to eat Twitter's lunch and obviously the branding is going to make-or-break that. With the massive +EV potential that represents, and the value provided by owning a .com (as demonstrated by the amount of confusion from people going to threads.com), does it not seem obviously worth it to negotiate extensively with Threads.com for them to rebrand and sell them the .com? It's not going to get cheaper for them if Threads does indeed eat Twitter's lunch.
Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge
#14Maybe Mark could brand rename to .... ElonsLunch
Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge
#15Looks like meta might have to change the name if the other threads owns the trademark, that or pay for the name. That clearly this is proof the two products are getting confused by would-be users.
There's no US trademark for "Threads", but somebody submitted an application for it on Jul. 07, 2023 for... Next Computer Inc. Hmm! https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=98075358&caseType=SERIAL_... According to Delaware filing, this "Next Computer Inc." was incorporated 12/14/2020.
> For: Downloadable computer application software for mobile phones, namely, software for providing access to information, advice, food and exercise databases and calculation tools including a interval timer, covering the field of diet, weight loss, diet planning and lifestyle wellness, and intermittent fasting
Lol, I wonder if they had a generic dieting app ready to go so they could jump on any new brand name that they could grab the 'downloadable software' mark for.
Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge
#16People wanting to download a Twitter clone and downloading a Slack clone by mistake. Both with a bland generic name. Describes the state of tech pretty well right now.
In the past we never had generic names in tech, like windows or apple
Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge
#17People wanting to download a Twitter clone and downloading a Slack clone by mistake. Both with a bland generic name. Describes the state of tech pretty well right now.
In the past we never had generic names in tech, like windows or apple
Indeed. Nothing is as specific as that disk operating system.
Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge
#18Funny, Meta just went through the same trouble with the name 'Meta'.
Who or what is a meta. Everyone knows what facebook is though.
As a former employee with a decade in the shop and as much inside baseball as anyone could expect:
I have no fucking idea what the Meta name change was about.
Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge
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#20Well, now I am wondering what the reports of threads user base plummeting means....
It means the record-breaking sign-up boom has tapered off, and user behavior is evolving from "hello world" mania to more normal usage patterns.
> Between July 6 and July 12, figures provided to TechCrunch from Data.ai indicate that Threads had more than 880,000 downloads globally on iOS alone, having had “few downloads” prior to this point.
It also means that Meta calling their Twitter-killer "Threads" is the best thing that could've happened to threads.com, which was (at best) not thriving.