Shopify is acquiring the Threads team (opens in new tab)

(twitter.com)

15 pointspotench1y ago13 comments

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For clarity that's Threads (the Slack clone), not Threads (the Twitter clone)

Thanks for the clarification. I thought it was Thread, the IoT home automation protocol and that they were moving into Alexa-like features or something. So many different technologies with the same name :(

richbell1y ago

https://threads.com/

mostlysimilar1y ago

Interesting, I wonder if Threads was a Rails app.

gordon_freeman1y ago

I know Shopify founder is a big fan of Rails and RoR framework from a documentary [1]

So does not surprise if he is doing this as an acqui-hire to get more quality RoR Devs to join Shopify!

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDKUEXBF3B4

willsmith721y ago

are they not all-in on remix/js now? or is the backend side all still rails?

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willsmith721y ago

i'd never heard of threads.com, but now can't even see their landing page. it's just about the acquisition. good luck googling it too

what was threads.com?

codetrotter1y ago

Here is a snapshot of threads.com from a few months ago:

https://archive.is/mWdxZ

It says:

> Threads is a workplace communications tool.

> Designed for teams of...

and then:

> Threads are made up of blocks, arranged to organize ideas.

> In 4 easy steps, we'll show you how to use them to share updates, meeting notes, plans, documents, announcements, questions, and presentations.

Further down are some images of a workplace messenger that looks like somewhere between an email client and Slack.

threeseed1y ago

It was a clone of Slack:

https://framerusercontent.com/images/gtX6DuzLQKg1ObGx4vz6jlN...

codetrotter1y ago

For a moment I thought it was about the Instagram Threads team, and I thought surely not.

Then I saw that the tweet mentioned Instagram Threads when skim reading and I was confused.

But no. This is about a startup named Threads that was approached by Instagram for the domain Threads.com that this startup owned. And this startup ultimately got aquired by Shopify.

sshine1y ago

Without this context, I simply did not understand the post. There are too many products called threads.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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jsheard1y ago

For clarity that's Threads (the Slack clone), not Threads (the Twitter clone)

solardev1y ago

richbell1y ago

https://threads.com/

mostlysimilar1y ago

Interesting, I wonder if Threads was a Rails app.

gordon_freeman1y ago

I know Shopify founder is a big fan of Rails and RoR framework from a documentary [1]

So does not surprise if he is doing this as an acqui-hire to get more quality RoR Devs to join Shopify!

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDKUEXBF3B4

willsmith721y ago

are they not all-in on remix/js now? or is the backend side all still rails?

1 more reply

willsmith721y ago

i'd never heard of threads.com, but now can't even see their landing page. it's just about the acquisition. good luck googling it too

what was threads.com?

codetrotter1y ago

Here is a snapshot of threads.com from a few months ago:

https://archive.is/mWdxZ

It says:

> Threads is a workplace communications tool.

> Designed for teams of...

and then:

> Threads are made up of blocks, arranged to organize ideas.

> In 4 easy steps, we'll show you how to use them to share updates, meeting notes, plans, documents, announcements, questions, and presentations.

Further down are some images of a workplace messenger that looks like somewhere between an email client and Slack.

threeseed1y ago

It was a clone of Slack:

https://framerusercontent.com/images/gtX6DuzLQKg1ObGx4vz6jlN...

codetrotter1y ago

For a moment I thought it was about the Instagram Threads team, and I thought surely not.

Then I saw that the tweet mentioned Instagram Threads when skim reading and I was confused.

But no. This is about a startup named Threads that was approached by Instagram for the domain Threads.com that this startup owned. And this startup ultimately got aquired by Shopify.

sshine1y ago

Without this context, I simply did not understand the post. There are too many products called threads.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse