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Threads.com is a collaborative chat platform where people form groups, exchange content, and chat. Threads.net is a social media network where people use hasht
by tredre3 3y ago
Threads.com is a collaborative chat platform where people form groups, exchange content, and chat.
Threads.net is a social media network where people use hashtags, exchange content, and chat.
Do you really not see the similarity and how it could be an issue?
- justinator 3y ago>Threads.net is a social media network where people use hashtags A hash character I guess can be used but they don't do anything.
- ZiiS 3y agoThey will.
- justinator 3y agoLike how URLs work in Instagram posts?
- ZiiS 3y agoHelping people leave your App isn't the the top of most product manager's goals; even without the managment nightmare. Utilising inherent network effects to aid discovery within your app is the top of most product manager's goals.
- justinator 3y agoNot allowing URLs is neglecting one of the fundamental pieces of the World Wide Web, no matter what product manager's goal is to line is swimming pool with gold.
- justinator 3y ago>even without the managment nightmare Works in Threads. Works in Facebook. Works in WhatsApp. In fact, can you think of any other Meta property where links don't work, excluding Instagram? I think the, "managment nightmare" is a boogeyman.
- holler 3y agoI've worked on projects where we had to rebrand entirely due to a USPTO search coming up with much less similarities with an existing name.
- newaccount74 3y agoI guess it depends on how much risk you want to take.
- holler 3y agoYeah definitely, in recent one the stakeholder very adverse to future risk.
- refulgentis 3y agoWhat they're saying is, they don't see a legal issue. They do understand the names are the same, and are noting that commonplace words often have this issue.
- electroly 3y agoMore of an opportunity than an issue. Now they can sell the company to Meta for the domain name instead of simply folding when their Slack replacement fails.
- PaulHoule 3y agoOr change their name or pay for a license or…
- electroly 3y agoSure, those are both great outcomes for Threads.com. It's hard to see this being a problem rather than an opportunity for them. One wonders if they already do have such a name licensing agreement and just couldn't come to an agreement on buying the domain itself.
- PaulHoule 3y agoMaybe I’m wrong but I thought I heard Facebook Threads doesn’t support hashtags (one of those things that matters if they connect to the fedi because I just found out hashtags are the royal road to visibility there…)
- electricmonk 3y agoJohn Gruber's coverage also says no hashtag support: https://daringfireball.net/2023/07/threads https://daringfireball.net/2023/07/threads