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Re:Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has ... by tylerhou on Saturday July 15, 2023 @02:52PM (#36739812)
Well technically Google still exists; it’s a subsidiary of Alphabet, and people who work at Google are employed by “Google LLC” (and not Alphabet). (In fact I think I remember there was some training that explicitly told us to NOT say that we were employees of Alphabet.)

The company “Facebook” no longer exists, though.

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Re:Threads, a Slack alternative unrelated to Instagram, has ... by alexvoda on Saturday July 15, 2023 @03:10PM (#36739974)
Yup they rebranded for different reasons.

Therefore to frustrate the marketing efforts of both you should call them Facebook and Alphabet (even when actually referring to the current Google).

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