sebi@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 years agoHow did Facebook (aka Meta) aquire the name/domain "threads"?message-squaremessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up12arrow-down1message-squareHow did Facebook (aka Meta) aquire the name/domain "threads"?sebi@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 years agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSilver Golden@lemmy.brendan.ielinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoConsidering it was registered in 1995 (https://www.whois.com/whois/threads.com) you are correct in thinking that it should have already been registered. However you can sell (transfer) a domain to others if you wish, which is probably what meta did.
minus-squareTrontheTechie@infosec.publinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 years agoYou just know someone bought that domain hoping to turn it into a gangbusters online clothes retailer and the best they could manage to do is camp on it and sell it. Could’ve been Bezos, instead was a bozo.
minus-squarePolydextrous@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 years agoWere they a bozo, though? If they sold that domain to FB, there is a great chance they just banked like gangbusters.
Considering it was registered in 1995 (https://www.whois.com/whois/threads.com) you are correct in thinking that it should have already been registered.
However you can sell (transfer) a domain to others if you wish, which is probably what meta did.
You just know someone bought that domain hoping to turn it into a gangbusters online clothes retailer and the best they could manage to do is camp on it and sell it.
Could’ve been Bezos, instead was a bozo.
Were they a bozo, though? If they sold that domain to FB, there is a great chance they just banked like gangbusters.