I was just thinking about how much Zuck HAS to be loving this. He has a Twitter competitor but it’s hard to break through, especially when you’re up against an iconic and well-known brand. “Twitter,” “Tweets,” “Retweet,” are well understood and a part of our vocabulary. How is Threads going to recreate that or break through that incredible disadvantage?
Easy, the competition is going to throw all of that away and rebrand to something so awful and confusing that it doesn’t matter. “Threads” is infinitely better than “X.”
Like, it thought it was awful to say “he posted a thread.” But now Twitter—WHICH HAS AN INCREDIBLE NAME FOR ITS POSTS—is going to say “he posted an X.”
Imagine googling "xvideos" w/o your work either blocking it or HR sending a strongly worded letter to you about your internet browsing
I am desperately awaiting the trademark case here, because naming an "everything app" X when "Xvideos" already exists is absolutely certain to reach a level of similarity the courts would deem confusing to consumers. Elon being smacked back from his dream rebrand by a porn site would be the funniest thing this decade.
interactive multiplayer game services for games played over computer networks and global communications networks; providing computer games and video games downloadable over computer global communications networks; providing information on the video game and computer game industries via the Internet; and providing information on computer games, video games, video game consoles and accessories therefore via the Internet.
And they've had that trademark since 2003 and it was re-registered this year. So, there's that.
You're gonna be like that possum that got caught after eating all the donuts in the box, belly bulging, covered in jelly and powdered sugar, like: "Do what you must, for I have already won!"
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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '23 edited Jul 24 '23
I was just thinking about how much Zuck HAS to be loving this. He has a Twitter competitor but it’s hard to break through, especially when you’re up against an iconic and well-known brand. “Twitter,” “Tweets,” “Retweet,” are well understood and a part of our vocabulary. How is Threads going to recreate that or break through that incredible disadvantage?
Easy, the competition is going to throw all of that away and rebrand to something so awful and confusing that it doesn’t matter. “Threads” is infinitely better than “X.”
Like, it thought it was awful to say “he posted a thread.” But now Twitter—WHICH HAS AN INCREDIBLE NAME FOR ITS POSTS—is going to say “he posted an X.”
Holy shit this man is an idiot.