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Meta has acquired the Threads.com domain name, according to Whois records of the URL that were updated on September 24. Users on domain-related forums
      • Pasta Dental@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        16·
        2 months 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

        • IlovethebombEnglish
          6·
          2 months ago

          Ah, I remember now.

          I bet a few millions changed hands to settle that.

    • ravhall@discuss.onlineEnglish
      17·
      2 months ago

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

  • fubarx@lemmy.mlEnglish
    32·
    2 months ago

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