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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

social media platform called posts when

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'd fucking love Troods.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Or a social media platform called "X."

[–] [email protected] 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.