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minus-squaresloonarklinkfedilink14•2 years agoI find it interesting that they chose the name Thread, because it doesn’t really work as a verb. “She threaded the news to her fans” doesn’t have the same ring to it as “She tweeted the news to her fans.”
minus-square@NewNewAccountlink10•2 years ago“Tweeted” sounded very weird at first too though. I think thread/threaded, as a verb, is fine.
minus-square@bedheadkittenlink3•2 years agoIn my native tounge the name for a forum post is actually “thread”, you could say something equivalent to: “did you see the thead she shared?”.
minus-squareFlaxlinkfedilink2•2 years agoEspecially since Instagram already made an app before named Threads which was basically Instagram dms as an app
I find it interesting that they chose the name Thread, because it doesn’t really work as a verb. “She threaded the news to her fans” doesn’t have the same ring to it as “She tweeted the news to her fans.”
“Tweeted” sounded very weird at first too though. I think thread/threaded, as a verb, is fine.
In my native tounge the name for a forum post is actually “thread”, you could say something equivalent to: “did you see the thead she shared?”.
Especially since Instagram already made an app before named Threads which was basically Instagram dms as an app