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Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge

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Post by tylerhou »

ineedasername wrote: post #48
ClosedPistachio wrote: post #2

Funny, Meta just went through the same trouble with the name 'Meta'.

I still just call them Facebook, just like most people still just call Google Google (instead of Alphabet)

Well technically Google still exists; it’s a subsidiary of Alphabet, and people who work at Google are employed by “Google LLC” (and not Alphabet). (In fact I think I remember there was some training that explicitly told us to NOT say that we were employees of Alphabet.)

The company “Facebook” no longer exists, though.

Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge

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Post by vitorgrs »

josteink wrote: post #28

I’m sure the geo-restrictions placed upon the app, only making it available in the US and a few other select countries are contributing to this. There may be -no- official IG Threads app in the AppStore when curious minds go searching.

Hm? Threads is available in all countries except EU (and China I guess).

Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge

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Post by tomrod »

josteink wrote: post #28

I’m sure the geo-restrictions placed upon the app, only making it available in the US and a few other select countries are contributing to this. There may be -no- official IG Threads app in the AppStore when curious minds go searching.

It's dumb. Needs a web interface. Hard pass without the ability to block adds or export data.

Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge

#54

Post by alexvoda »

tylerhou wrote: post #51
ineedasername wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still just call them Facebook, just like most people still just call Google Google (instead of Alphabet)

Well technically Google still exists; it’s a subsidiary of Alphabet, and people who work at Google are employed by “Google LLC” (and not Alphabet). (In fact I think I remember there was some training that explicitly told us to NOT say that we were employees of Alphabet.) The company “Facebook” no longer exists, though.

Yup they rebranded for different reasons.

Therefore to frustrate the marketing efforts of both you should call them Facebook and Alphabet (even when actually referring to the current Google).

Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge

#55

Post by pjot »

ayewo wrote: post #50

Does anyone remember Clubhouse? Clubhouse the social audio app at clubhouse.com ? 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...

It was super confusing the first few times I heard it mentioned when I switched to a new company.

Now their name and logo are similar to apples shortcuts.app and news.app

Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge

#56

Post by TheCaptain4815 »

Yhippa wrote: post #10

I don't see a ton of actual people or friends posting on there. I do see a ton of brands, though.

Plus NSFW content is banned and moderation is much heavier handed than Twitter. This seems like a ploy to get people addicted to the algorithm but in 'Threads' fashion. Twitter may have an advantage if people perceive it to be a more 'realistic' portrayal.

Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge

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Post by humanrebar »

dchest wrote: post #9
account-5 wrote: post #6

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.

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.

There is trademark common law that covers unregistered trademarks. I am not a lawyer, so I won't comment on how or if it applies on this case.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unregistered_trademark

Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge

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Post by HWR_14 »

CharlesW wrote: post #22
throwaway1777 wrote: post #4

It really was a huge L to not have threads.com

If 100 million sign-ups in five days is losing, I don't want to win.

I mean, at Meta's scale it seems hard to know. Expectations are through the roof.

A better number would be that they were able to push 1 in 40 of Meta's users and 1 in 10 of Instagram's users into the app signup in 5 days of national press coverage. I have no idea what typical uptake of a feature is in Instagram. Nor do I know how many people signed up and checked it out vs. became actual active users.

I also am not sure if 100 million users is even anything to be excited about at Meta's scale. Google seems to kill projects that have that many MAU for lack of executive support.

Re: Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has seen downloads surge

#60

Post by zero_shift »

sofixa wrote: post #39
FormerBandmate wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In the 1950s every company was literally called General X. General Electric, General Motors, and General Dynamics are still huge today

And it wasn't only in the US either, lots of big French companies were called Compagnie générale de X since the 1800s. Many modern behemoths such as Veolia, Transdev, Vivendi, Vinci trace their origins to such companies (sometimes the same - Compagnie générale des eaux was massive at some point).

Or "Fabrique Nationale"
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