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[-] glimse@lemmy.world 46 points 1 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@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

social media platform called posts when

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

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

[-] glimse@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

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

[-] ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I'd fucking love Troods.

[-] Aqarius@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

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

[-] hai@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Or a social media platform called "X."

[-] tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 3 points 1 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.

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