Meta has 30 days to stop using the name

  • Ghostalmedia
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    1801 year ago

    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.

    • @Fredselfish
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      601 year ago

      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.

      • @glimse
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        451 year ago

        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

        • sour
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          1 year ago

          social media platform called posts when

        • no banana
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          91 year ago

          Right but it could’ve had a nonsense name, like Troods.

          • @glimse
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            131 year ago

            …Troods would have been enough for me to try it out so fair point

            • no banana
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              31 year ago

              I’d fucking love Troods.

        • @Aqarius
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          51 year ago

          That just makes it too generic to trademark then. Imagine an automaker called “Cars”.

          • Daniel
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            41 year ago

            Or a social media platform called “X.”

        • @[email protected]
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          31 year ago

          The name just reminds me of the film. So I just assume that like the film the site is nightmare fuel and avoid it.

      • anonionfinelyminced
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        111 year ago

        “Drummer, beat, and piper, blow,
        Harper, strike, and soldier, go.
        Free the flame and sear the grasses
        Till the dawning Red Star passes.”

      • Chris
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        51 year ago

        It makes me think of the apocalyptic nuclear war drama. Quite appropriate.

    • @[email protected]
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      441 year ago

      What a bunch of assholes.

      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.

      • @[email protected]
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        1 year ago

        an ethical, upstanding company like Meta

        the hardest I’ve laughed this week 🥲

    • snooggums
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      221 year ago

      It seems like money shouldn’t be able to buy a win in court for something so obvious, but here we are.