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Looks 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.
They say something like "this is similar to slack, not a social network", but it still seemed like a plausible description of the FB Threads.
They should be more explicit: "THIS IS NOT FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM THREADS".
Funny, Meta just went through the same trouble with the name 'Meta'.
Who or what is a meta. Everyone knows what facebook is though.
"What even is Meta?"
"It's... meta"
It tickles my dad funny bone, but not sure it will throw anti-trust regulators off the scent.
Happened to me. They say something like "this is similar to slack, not a social network", but it still seemed like a plausible description of the FB Threads. They should be more explicit: "THIS IS NOT FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM THREADS".
Earlier quoted context omitted.
In the past we never had generic names in tech, like windows or apple
In the 1950s every company was literally called General X. General Electric, General Motors, and General Dynamics are still huge today
Less so now, the past it seemed like it was almost all local banks.
Funny, Meta just went through the same trouble with the name 'Meta'.
Funny, Meta just went through the same trouble with the name 'Meta'.
Who or what is a meta. Everyone knows what facebook is though.
The sudden popularity of clubhouse.com overshadowed clubhouse.io forcing the latter to rename to shortcut.com.
https://www.shortcut.com/blog/clubhouses-name-is-now-shortcu...