Meta acquires the Threads.com domain name (techcrunch.com)

submitted 1 month ago by moe90@feddit.nl to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 73 points 1 month ago

Honestly surprised they didn't have it already....

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago

Yeah, that seems like an oversight on their behalf.

[-] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 month ago

It belonged to another startup, I guess they were négociating and seeing if Threads would pick up in usage before giving them an offer that they wouldn't refuse

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Ah, I remember now.

I bet a few millions changed hands to settle that.

[-] ravhall@discuss.online 17 points 1 month ago

Yeah what idiot doesn’t have the domain name. The moment they released it, its value went up exponentially.

[-] fubarx@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So many $$$$$$$$$$$$$, no doubt, for a single record in a database.

[-] 30p87@feddit.org 14 points 1 month ago

A single record that is replicated to millions of other databases in a tree structure.

[-] 2deck@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

For roughly 12 people to use haha

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